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COLLECTION 

OF    VERY 

Valuable  and  Scarce  Pieces 

Relating  to  the  Laft 

PLAGUEjn  the  Year  1665. 

viz. 

I.  O  r  d  e  r  s  drawn  up  and  publifhed  by  the  Lord 
Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  London,  to 
prevent  the  fpreading  of  the  Infection. 

II.  An  Account  of  the  firft  Rife,  Progrefs,  Symptoms 
and  Cure  of  the  Plague,  being  the  Subftance  of  a 
Letter  from  Doctor  Hodges  to  a  Perfonof  Quality. 

III.  Neceflary  Directions  for  the  Prevention 
and  Cure  of  the  Plague,  with  divers  Rem  e- 
d  1  es  of  fmall  Charge,  by  the  College  of  Phyficians. 

IV.  Reflections    on    the  Weekly   Bills    of 
Mortality,  fo  far   as  they  relate  to  all  the  Plagues 
which  have    happened   in  London  from  the  Year 
1502,  to  the    Great  Plague  in   1665,   and  fome 
other  particular  Difeafes, 

With  a  Preface  (hewing  the  Ufefulnefs  of  this  Col- 
lection; fome  Errors  of  Dr.  Mead,  and  his  mtjrepe- 
fentations  of  Dr.  Hodges  and  fome  Authors. 

To  which  is  added, 

An  Account  of  the  PLAGUE  at  Naples,  in   i6$6,\ 
of  which  there  died  in  one  Day,  20000  Perfons  ; 
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PREFACE 


HEN  the  Publick  has  demanded  a 
Method  of  fecuring  the  People  under 
their  DireB  ion,  from  the  filent  Attacks y 
and  the  certain  De/lruBion  of  the 
Plague,  and  when  every  private  Per- 
fon  is  confulting  his  own  Security^  by  informing  him- 
felfhow  he  may  fo  walk  as  befl  to  guard  againjl 
fo  dreadful  an  Enemy  ^  nothing  can  come  more  fea- 
fonably,  on  this  Occafwn,  thanfome  of  the  beji  and 
eafefl  Rales  for  the  ConduB  of  their  Life. 

To  this  purpofe,  I  have  put  together  the  wife 
Orders  the  Lord  Maior  gave  for  the  good  Govern- 
ment of  this  populous  City  ^  the  Subflance  of  Dr. 
Hodges\r  Observations,,  compiled  by  himfelffor  the 
life  of  a  Peer  of  the  Realm,  as  alfo  the  tittle  Book 
he  often  mentions ,  that  was  fet  forth  by  the  Col- 
lege of  Phyfici an s  ;  and  it  muff  be  allowed,  that 
the  College  was  never  better  Jlored  with  Men  of 
Learning,  Virtue  and  Probity \  nothing  acquainted 
with  the  little  Arts  of  getting  a  Name,  by  plotting 
againjl  the  Honefly  and  Credulity  of  the  People. 

This  ColieBion,  indeed,  may  appedrto  befoplain% 
as  ta  be  contemptible  j  tho  Plainnefs  is  only  con- 
A  z  temptible 


The  PREFACE. 

temptible  to  theUnlearned,  who  want  plain  Truths 
the  moji.  A  Man  can  never  be  too  plain,  when  Peo- 
ple are  fo  liable  to  mi/lake  j  and  for  this  very 
Reafon  it  is  plain,  why  this  AbffraS  of  Dr.  Hodges' j 
is  now  necejfary,  when  all  Authors  that  have  late- 
ly writ  of  the  Plague  in  16-65,  refer  to  him  as  a 
Judge -^  but  if  they  had  read  him ,  with  that  Cau- 
tion at  leafl  that  he  wrote ;  they  never  could  have 
fwjlaken  their  Author  :  And  if  the  Learned  are 
thus  obnoxious ,  what  Plainnefs  is  necejfary  for  an 
ordinary  Reader. 

The  Author  who  confders  the  Plague  of  Mar- 
feilles,  recommends  Bleeding  .Vomiting^ndSmoak- 
ing  Tobacco,  and  that  on  the  Authority  of  Dr. 
Hodges,  thd  all  and  each  ofthcfe  are  the  Abomi- 
nation of  the  Do8or:  His  Ivy  berry  is  pluck* d  off 
his  Cap,  and  placed  by  this  Author  on  the  Cap  of 
his  BenefaBor. 

Dr.  Mead  has  mifreprefented  his  Oracle 
Dr.  Hodges,  no  doubt  by  mifunder /landing  him, 
and  that  almofl  in  every  Particular-^  but  1  will 
only  mention  fome  few  of  them.  Andfirjl,  when 
he  would  inform  us  when  the  Plague  in  1665  be- 
gan, he  fays  it  was  the  Autumn  oefore  the  Year 
1665,  ( in  Englifh,  the  Autumn  1664,)  which 
Account  is  very  unfaithful \  becaufe  Dr.  Hodges 
fays  in  the  three  firfl  t>ines  of  his  Book,  that  it 
was  in  the  Clofe  of  that  Tear  :  What  is  meant  by  > 
theClofe  of  aTear,  every  one,  I  thought,  under-X 
flood,  and  Dr.  Hodges  puts  it  out  of  doubt,  for 
he  fays  *  it  was  in  the  Chriftmas  Holidays  he  vi-j 

fited 

Peg.  29.  Short  Difcumf:     •  Pag.  5, 


The  PREFACE. 

fited  the  firfl  Patient :  Which  Account  agrees 
with  Graunt'j  Bills  of  Mortality,  where  it  is  for 
Thurfday  the 27th  0/  D:cemher. 

Dr.  Mead  undertakes  to  refcue  us  from  a  vul- 
gar Enor t  f  That  we  are  ulually  vilited  with 
the  Plague  once  in  thirty  or  forty  Years ;  which, 
be  fays,  is  a  mere  Fancy,  without  any  Founda- 
tion either  in  Reafon  or  Experience.  Hodges, 
on  the  other  hand  faysy  that  this  common  Opinion 
is  ||  well  juftified  by  pift  Experiences •-,  and  the 
Bills  of  Mortality  prefent  us  only  with  five  Plagues 
in  73  Tears.  Surely  Dr.  Mead  mufl  think  the 
People  of  England  far  gone  in  nredulity,  if  he 
hopes  to  pafs  fuch  a  Piece  of  H';fto>y  upon  them  : 
But  I  hope  he  rather  knew  nothing  of  the  true 
State  of  this  Affair. 

Dr.  Hodges'j  Account  of  the  SeafonoftheYear 
is  very  remarkable,  and  totally  ruins  the  fine  Dif- 
pofition  Dr.  Mead  has  imagined  to  be  in  the  Air 
for  producing  a  Pkgue.  **Tbh9  he  fays,  is  when 
not  only  the  Heats  are  very  great,  but  the  Winds 
(the  Ufe  of  which  is,  by  Motion  to  purify  the 
Air)  do  not  fluft  and  change,  &c.  But  Hodges 
overfets  this  Cajlle  in  the  Air,  when  he  informs  us, 
that  \\  the  whole  Summer  was  refrefloed  with  mo- 
derate Breezes,  fuffictent  ta  patent  t&e  ait'g 

Stagnation  MB  CO?ttlption,    and  to  carry  off 
'he  Peftilential  Steams :   The  Heat  was  likewife 

00  mild  to  encourage  fuch  Corruption  and  Fer- 
nentation  as  helps  to  taint  the  animal  Fluids,  and 

pervert  them  from  their  natural  State. 

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The  PREFACE. 

If  then  the  great  Dr.  Mead  has  advanced  thofe 
Ajfertions  chiefly  upon  the  Authority  of  Dr.  Hodges, 
altogether  contrary  to  his  Opinions,  what  can  we 
think  of  Matters  of  PraBice  advanced  by  Dr. 
Mead;  or  if fo  plain  Truths  are  thus  mif appre- 
hended by  a  Phyfician,  how  fuitable  is  this  plain 
Account  to  the  Capacity  of  an  ordinary  Reader  .<? 

/  do  not  follow  Dr.  Mead  into  the  many  grofs 
Mi/lakes  that  are  to  be  found  in  his  Short  Dif- 
courfe  ;  /  have  neither  Inclination  nor  Leifure  for 
it :  So  far  Iwillajfert,  that  his  Head  of  Caution 
is  a  very  empty  Head,  without  Do&rine,  without 
Ufe.  However,  I  mufl  not  pafs  by  the  great 
Judgment  of  Dr.  Mead  in  comparing  the  Degrees 
of  a  Dijlemper ,  for  he  ajferts,  that  a  Plague  that 
kills  infinite  Perfons  (as  my  Lord  Bacon  exprejfes 
if)  in  one  Day,  is  a  Feeble  Plague  in  refpeft  of 
one  that  reprieves  Mankind  for  a  Week.  The 
Vajjage  is  obvious,  and  ferves  for  a  Proof  of  his 
Projeft  about  the  travelling  of  Plagues,  and  al- 
ways lofing  Strength  in  their  Progrefs  :  Vet  every 
other  Perfon,  whether  a  Phyfician  or  not,  has  al- 
ways reputed,  and  related  the  Sweating  Sicknefs 
as  a  very  fmart  Plague  for  the  Time  it  lafted  ; 
and  fo  far  was  it  from  being  a  Plague  of  a  feeble 
Force,  that  it  had  more  Strength  than  that  at 
Marfeilles. 

There  is  one  thing  more  that  is  very  plain  from 
our  faithful  Hi ftorian  and  diligent  Phyfician  Dr. 
Hodges :,  which  is,  the  great  Uncertainty,  and 
real  Obfcurity,  not  only  in  the  Mature  of  a  Plague \ 
but  in  difcerning  likewife  when  any  Perfon  is  fei- 
&ed  with  it)  and  it  is  no  wonder ,  upon  that  ac- 
count 


The  PREFACE; 

county  that  Lucretius  Jo  finely  exprejfes  the  Sur- 
prise ofPhyficians  on  fuch  a  Profpe8y  Muffat 
tacito  Medicina  timore.  From  hence  proceed  not 
only  the  Defects,  but  the  Uncertainty  of  all  our 
Adminijlrations  for  curing  a  Plague.  I  will  only 
reprefent  thefe  Wants  in  an  Example  or  two  from 
cur  Author,  leaving  the  further  Inquiry  ,with  Thu- 
cydides,  to  thofe  who  can,  inquire  into  the  Caufe 
of  this  Difeafe,  or  are  able  at  leafl  to  point  out  the 
pofitive  Hurt  and  Wound  that  is  given  a  Man 
when  he  is  feized  with  aPlague. 

The  candid  Dr.  Hodges,  who  may  be  reckoned 
among  the  bejl  Obfervers  in  any  Age  of  Phyficky 
has  not  dijfembled  the  great  Difficulties  that  oc- 
curred to  him  in  his  PraBlce,  and  thereby  has  ob~ 
tained  a  greater  Name  than  if  he  had  filled  his 
Book  with  falfe  Accounts  of  wonderful  Succefs. 
On  the  contrary \  he  tells  us,  that  he  believed  there 
*  was  always  a  Fever  attended  the  Plague,  yet 
the  Infe&ion  feemed  to  kill  fome  before  the 
Blood  and  other  Juices  could  rife  into  a  Fermen- 
tation :  and  on  this  account  he  pronounces  the  Dif 
eafe  to  be  altogether  unknown ;  not  as  Phyficians 
too  commonly  under/land  this  Phrafe,  as  if  it  were 
not  fully  and  perfeBly  defcribed  :  no ;  for  Hip- 
pocrates, Thucydides,  many  hundreds  ofPhyfici- 
ans, Hi/lor ians  and  Poets  have  done  that  Work  to 
great  Perfection  ^  nor  is  Dr.  Hodges  fhort  of  any 
of  them  in  giving  a  true  PiSure  of  the  Plague  in 
his  own  Time.  He  informs  us  too,  that  there  was 
no  f  Corruption  in  the  Blood  of  thofe  that  were  ill 
or  died  of  the  Plague.    He  warns  m,  that  ||  the 

Pulfe, 

»       in. 


The  PREFACE. 

Pulfe,  which  in  all  other  Difeafes  is  almoft  a 
certain  Index,  could  not  at  all  be  trufted  to  in  this 
Sicknefs, 

From  this  Uncertainty  proceeds  all  the  Difficulty 
0/ foretelling  the  Event  of  the  Plague -^  as  alfoshe 
prefent  Impojfibility  in  answering  the  Quefions 
about  evacuating  Medicines  in  curing  this  Dif- 
eafe,  and  the  Difficulty  increafes,  when  we  want 
a  Method  of  adjuring  the  proper  Dofes  of  any  of 
the  Medicines  we  would  adminifler. 

But  which  is  of  all  the  moft  grievous,  Dr.H  xlges 
ajfures  us,  that  *  Sweating  is  not  fa  fur  e  a  Relief 
as  it  is  commonly  reprefented  and  believed  to  be  ^ 
tho  that  Evacuation  is  not  notably  infamous  for 
doing  repeated  Mifchief  as  Bleeding,  Vomiting* 
and  Purging  have  been, 

When  the  nature  of  the  Plague  is  difcovered, 
from  the  manijejl  Symptoms  of  it,  given  by  thebefl 
Authors  in  every  Age  of '  Phyfick1  there  will  be  no 
danger  of  improper  Prefcriptions  in  the  Begining, 
no  Fear  of furpriz>hig  unaccountable  Symptoms  in 
the  Progrefs  of  the  Diftemper. 

However  important  Dr.  Hodges  judges  fuch  In- 
quiries ,  Dr.  Mead  calls  them  great  Digreflions, 
and  as  if  it  were  more  to  the  Purpofe,  he  carries 
us  into  the  Clouds,  and  gives  us  a  Scene  of  the 
Plague  coming  from  Egypt  into  Greece,  and  from 
thence  into  Europe^  the  firjl  flight ly  related  as  a 
Guefs  and  Supposition  by  Thucydides,  who  at  the 
fame  time  raifes  it  in  Ethiopia,  and  Matthasus  Vil- 
lanus  isonlytranfcribed  by  Dr.  Mead,  who  in  the 
j 4th  Century  had  made  it  make  theToux repre- 
fented by  Dr.  Mead  to  nopurpofe. 

;p.xo6,  108. 


ORDERS 

Conceived  and  Published  by  the 
Lord  MaiOR  and  Aldermen  of  the 
City  of  London,  concerning  the  Infe- 
ction of  the  Plague.     1 66  y 


HEREAS  in  the  Reign  of  our 
late    Sovereign    King  James,    of 
Happy    Memory,    an   Act   was 
made  for  the  charitable  Relief  and 
ordering  of  Perfons  infected  with 
the  Plague  ;    whereby   Authority 
was   given  to  Juffcices   of  Peace, 
Maiors,  ijayliffs,  and  other   head  Officers,    to  ap- 
point   within    their    feveral     Limits,    Examiners, 
Searchers,    Watchmen,   Keepers,    and    Buriers  for 
the  Perfons  and  Places  infected,  aiicj  to  minifter  un- 
to them  Oaths  for  the  performance  of  their  Offices. 
And  the    fame  Statute  did  alfo   Authorize  the  giv- 
ing of  other  Directions,  as  unto  them  for  the  pre- 
fent  Neceflky  mould  feem  good  in  their  Difc  retions. 
It  is  now  upon   fpecial  Consideration,  though    very 
expedient  for  preventing  and  avoiding  of  In  fed  ion 
of  Sickuefs  (if  it  Hull  fo   pleafe  Almighty  God) 

B  that 


2  Orders  for  Health. 

that  thefe  Officers  following  be  appointed,  and  thefc 
Orders  hereafter  duly  obferved. 

Examiners  to  be  appointed  in  every  Parijb. 


T?  I RS  T,  It  is  thought  Requisite,  and  fo  ordered, 
•*■  that  in  every  Panfh  there*  ife^ney  two^'  or  more 
Perforgf.  of  good  Sort  and  Credit,  chefen  and  ap- 
pointed^'by  the  Alderman,  his  Deputy,  and  Com- 
mon-Council of  every  Ward,  by  the  Name  of  Ex- 
aminers, to  continue  in  that  Office  the  fpace  of 
two  Months  at  leaft  :  And  if  any  fit  Perfon  fo  ap- 
pointed, fhall  refufe  to  undertake  the  fame,  the 
laid  Parties  fo  refufing,  to  be  committed  to  Pri- 
fon  until  they  (hall  conform  themfelves  accordingly. 

The  Examiners  Office. 

*Hp  HAT  thefe  Examiners  be  fworn  by  the  Alder- 
-**  men,  to  enquire  and  learn  from  time  to  time 
what  Houfes  in  every  Parifh  be  Viiited,  and  what 
Perfons  be  Sick,  and  of  what  Difeafes,  as  near  as 
they  can  inform  themfelves  ;  and  upon  doubt  in  that 
Cafe,  to  command  Reftraint  of  Accefs,  until  it  ap- 
pear what  the  Difeafe  (hall  prove:  And  if  they 
find  any  Perfon  lick  of  the  Infection,  to  give  or- 
der to  the  Conftable  that  the  Houfe  be  fhut  up ; 
and  if  the  Conftable  fhall  be  found  Remifs  or  Neg- 
ligent, to  give  prefent  Notice  thereof  to  the  Alder- 
man of  the  Ward. 

Watchmen- 

TpHAT  to  every  infeded  Houfe  there  be  ap- 
A  pointed  two  Watchmen,  one  for  every  Day, 
2nd  the  other  for  the  Night  :  And  that  thefe  Watch- 
men have  a  fpecial  care  that  no  Perfon  go  in  or  out 
of  fuch  infe&ed   Houfes,  whereof  they  have  the 

Charge, 


Orders  for  Health.  j 

Charge,  upon  pain  of  fevere  Punifhment.  And  the 
faid  Watchman  to  do  fuch  further  Offices  as  the 
fick  Houfe  (hall  need  and  require  :  And  if  the 
Watchman  be  fent  upon  any  Bufinefs,  to  lock  up 
the  Houfe,  and  take  the  Key  with  him  :  And  the 
Watchman  by  Day  to  attend  until  ten  of  the  Clock 
at  Night  :  And  the  Watchman  by  Night  until  fix 
in  the  Morning. 

Searchers. 

T*  HAT  there  be  a  fpecial  care  to  appoint  Wo- 
-■■  men-Searchers  in  every  Parifh,  fuch  as  are  of 
honeft  Reputation,  and  of  the  belt  Sort  as  can  be 
got  in  this  kind  :  And  thefe  to  be  fworn  to  make 
due  Search,  and  true  Report  to  the  utmoft  of  their 
Knowledge,  whether  the  Perfons  whofe  Bodies  they 
are  appointed  to  Search,  do  die  of  the  Infection,  or 
of  what  other  Difeafes,  as  near  as  they  can.  And 
that  the  Phyficians  who  fhall  be  appointed  for  Cure 
and  Prevention  of  the  Infection,  do  call  before  them 
the  faid  Searchers,  who  are  or  fhall  be  appointed 
for  the  feveral  Parifhes  under  their  refpective  Cares, 
to  the  end  they  may  conflder  whether  they  are  fitly 
qualified  for  that  Employment ;  and  charge  them 
from  time  to  time  as  they  fhall  fee  Caufe,  if  they 
appear  defective  in  their  Duties. 

That  no  Searcher  during  this  time  of  Visitation, 
be  permitted  to  ufe  any  pub  ick  Work  or  Employ- 
ment, or  keep  any  Shop  or  Stall,  or  be  employed  as 
a  Landrefs,  or  in  any  other  common  Employment 
whatfoever. 

Chirurgeons. 

"TOR  better  affiftance  of  the  Searchers,  for  a? 
•*■  much  as  there  hath  been  heretofore  great  Abufe 
in  mifreporting  the  Difeafe,  to  the  further  fpread- 
ing  of  the  Infe&ioo :  It  is   therefore  ordered,  that 

B  2  there 


4  Orders  for  Health. 

there  be  chofen  and  appointed  able  and  difcreet 
Chirurgeons,  befides  thofe  that  do  already  belong  to 
the  Pefl-houje  :  Amongft  whom  the  City  and  Liber- 
ties to  be  quartered  as  the  places  lie  molt  apt  and 
convenient;  and  every  ofthefe  to  have  one  Quarter 
for  his  Limit :  and  the  faid  Chirurgeons  in  every  of 
their  Limits  to  join  with  the  Searchers  for  the  View 
of  the  Body,  to  the  end  there  may  be  a  true  Re- 
port made  of  the  Difeafe. 

And  further,  that  the  faid  Chirurgeons  {hall  vifit 
$nd  fearch  fuch  like  Perfons  as  (hall  either  fend  for 
them,  or  be  named  and  directed  unto  them,  by  the 
Examiners  of  every  Parifh,  and  inform  themfelves  of 
the  Difeafe  of  the  faid  Parties. 

And  forafmuch  as  the  faid  Chirurgeons  are  to  be 
feque fired  from  all  other  Cures,  and  kept  only  to 
this  Difeafe  of  the  Infection  ;  It  is  ordered,  That 
every  of  the  faid  Chirurgeons  mail  have  Twelve- 
pence  a  Body  fearched  by  them,  to  be  paid  out  of 
the  Goods  of  the  Party  fearched,  if  he  be  able,  or 
otherwife  by  the  Parifh. 

Nurfe-keepers. 

TF  any  Nurfe-keepers  fhall  remove  her  felf  out  of 
A  any  infected  Houfe  before  twenty  eight  Days  af- 
ter the  Deceafe  of  any  Perfon  dying  of  the  Infecti- 
on, the  Hpufe  to  which  the  faid  Nurfe-keeper  doth 
fo  remove  her  felf,  fhall  be  fhut  up  until  the  faid 
twenty  eight  Days  be  expired. 


Orders 


Or  Jen  for  Health. 


Orders  concerning  infe&ed  Houfes, 
and  Perfons  fick  of  the  Plague. 

Notice  to  be  given  of  the  Skknefs. 

TH  E  Matter  of  every  Houfe,  as  foon  as  any 
one  in  his  Houfe  complaineth,  either  of  Botch, 
or  Purple,  or  Swelling  in  any  part  of  his  Body,  or 
falleth  ocherwife  dangeroufly  Sick,  without  appa- 
rent Caufe  of  fome  other  Difeafe,  (hall  give  know- 
ledge thereof  to  the  Examiner  of  Health  within  two 
Hours  after  the  faid  Sign  fhall  appear. 

Sequefiration  of  the  Sick. 

AS  foon  as  any  Man  (hall  be  found  by  this  Exa- 
*•*'  miner,  Chirurgeon  or  Searcher  to  be  fick  of  the 
Plague,  he  fhall  the  fame  Night  be  fequeftred  in 
the  fame  Houfe.  And  in  cafe  he  be  fo  fequeflred, 
then  though  he  afterwards  die  not,  the  Houfe 
wherein  he  flckned  fhall  be  fhut  up  for  a  Month,  af- 
ter the  ufe  of  the  due  Prefervatives  taken  by  the 
reft. 

Airing  the  Stuff. 

J7  O  R  Sequeftration  of  the  Goods  and  Stuff  of 
-*•  the  Infected,  their  Bedding,  and  Apparel,  and 
Hangings  of  Chambers,  muft  be  well  aired  with 
Fire,  and  fuch  Perfumes  as  are  requifite  within  the 
infected  Houfe,  before  they  be  taken  again  to  ufe  : 
This  to  be  done  by  the  Appointment  of  the  Exami- 
aer. 

Shutting 


6  Orders  for  Health. 

Shutting  tip  of  the  Houfe* 

Jf  any  Perfon  fhall  have  vifited  any  Man,  known  to 
■*■  be  infected  of  the  Plague,  or  entered  willingly  in- 
to any  known  infe&ed  Houfe,  being  not  allowed  : 
The  Houfe  wherein  he  inhabiteth,  mall  be  fhut  up 
for  certain  Days  by  the  Examiners  Direction. 

None  to  be  removed  out  of  infetted  Houfes,  buty  Sec. 

TTEM,  That  none  be  removed  out  of  the  Houfe 
A  where   he  falleth  fick  of  the  Infection,  into  any 
other  Houfe  in  the  City,  (except  it  be  to  the   Peft- 
Houfe  or  a  Tent,  or  unto  fome  fuch  Houfe,  which 
the  Owner  of  the  faid  vifited  Houfe  holdeth  in  his 
own   Hands,    and  occupieth  by   his   own  Servants) 
and  fo  as  Security  be  given  to  the  Parifh  whirher 
fuch  Remove  is   made,    that  the  Attendance  and 
Charge  about  the  faid  vifited  Perfons   fhall    be  ob- 
-  ferved  and  charged  in  all  the  Particularities   before 
expreffed,  without  any  Cod:  of  that  Parifh,  to  which 
any  fuch  Remove  fhall  happen  to  be  made,  and  this 
Remove  to  be  done  by  Night  :  And  it  fhall  be  law- 
ful to  any   Perfon   that   hath  two  Houfes,  to   re- 
move either  his  found  or  his  infected  People  to  his 
fpare  Houfe  at  his   choice,  fo  as    if  he  fend  away 
firfi:  his  Sound,  he  may  not  after  fend  thither  the 
Sick,  nor  again  unto  the  Sick  the  Sound.     And  that 
the  fame  which  he  fendeth,  be  for  one  Week  at  the 
leaft  fhut  up  and  fecluded  from  Company  for  fear  of 
fome  Infection,  at  the  firfi;  not  appearing. 

Burial  of  the  Dead. 

'""pHAT  the  Burial  of  the  Dead  by  this  Vifita- 
-*■    tion,  be  at  moft  convenient  Hoars,  always  ei- 
ther before  Sun-rifing,  or  after  San- fet ting,  with  the 
Privity  of  the  Churchwardens  or  Conflable,  and  not 

2  other- 


Orders  for  Health.  j 

otherwife ;  and  that  no  Neighbours  nor  Friends  be 
■differed  to  accompany  the  Coarfc  to  Church,  or  to 
enter  the  Houfe  vifited,  upon  pain  of  having  his 
Houfe  fhut  up,  or  be  imprifoned. 

And  that  no  Corps  dying  of  Infection  mall  be  bu- 
ried, or  remain  m  any  Church  in  time  of  Com- 
mon-Prayer, Sermon,  or  Lecture.  And  that  no 
Children  be  differed  at  time  of  burial  of  any  Crops 
in  any  Church,  Church-yard,  or  Burying-place  to 
come  near  the  Corps,  Coffin,  or  Grave.  And  that 
all  the  Graves  (hall  be  at  leaft  fix  Foot  deep. 

And  further,  all  publick  Affemblies  at  other  Bu- 
rials are  to  be  forborn  during  the  Continuance  of 
this  Vifitation. 

No  infeBed  Stuff  to  be  uttered. 

TH  A  T  no  Clothes,  Stuff,  Bedding  or  Garments 
be  differed  to  be  carried  or  conveyed  out  of 
any  infected  Houfes,  and  that  the  Criers  and  Carri- 
ers abroad  of  Bedding  or  old  Apparel  to  be  fold  or 
pawned,  be  utterly  prohibited  and  reftrained,  and 
no  Brokers  of  Bedding  or  old  Apparel  be  permitted 
to  make  any  outward  Shew,  or  hang  forth  on  their 
Stalls,  Shopboards  or  Windows  towards  any  Street, 
Lane,  Common-way  or  Paffage,  any  old  Bedding 
or  Apparel  to  be  fold,  upon  pain  of  Iraprifonment. 
And  if  any  Broker  or  other  Perfon  fhall  buy  any 
Bedding,  Apparel,  or  other  Stuff  out  of  any  infect- 
ed Houfe,  within  two  Months  after  the  Infection 
hath  been  there,  his  Houfe  (hall  be  fhut  up  as  In- 
fected, and  fo  fhall  continue  fhut  up  twenty  Days  at 
the  leaft. 

No  Perfon  to  be  conveyed  out  of  any  infeBed  Houfe, 

IF  any  Perfon  vifited  do  fortune  by  negligent  look- 
ing unto,  or  by  any  other  Means,  to   come,  or 
be  conveyed  from  a  Place  infected,  to  any   other 

Place, 


8  Orders  for  Health. 

Place,  the  Parifh  from  whence  fuch  Party  hath  come 
or  been  conveyed,  upon  notice  thereof  given,  fhall 
at  their  Charge  caufe  the  faid  Party  fo  vifited  and 
e leaped,  to  be  carried  and  brought  back  again  by 
Night,  and  the  Parties  in  this  cafe  offending,  to  be 
punifhed  at  the  Direction  of  the  Alderman  of  the 
Ward  ;  and  the  Houfe  of  the  Receiver  of  fuch  vifited 
Perfon,  to  be  fhut  up  for  twenty  Days. 

Every  vifited  Houfe  to  be  marked. 

HpHAT  every  Houfe  vifited,  be  marked  with  a 
.-*■  red  Crofs  of  a  Foot  long*  in  the  middle  of  the 
Door,  evident  to  be  feen,  and  with  thefe  ufual 
printed  Words,  that  is  to  fay,  Lord  have  Mercy  upon 
us,  to  be  fet  ciofe  over  the  fame  Crofs,  there  to  con- 
tinue until  lawful  opening  of  the  fame  Houfe. 

Every  vifited  Houfe  to  be  watched. 

HpHAT  the  Conflables  fee  every  Houfe  fliut  upj 
,  and  to  be  attended  with  Watchmen,  which  may 
keep  them  in,  and  minifler  Neceffaries  unto  them 
at  their  own  Charges  (if  they  be  able,)  or  at  the  com- 
mon Charge  if  they  be  unable  :  The  matting  up  to 
be  for  the  fpace  of  four  Weeks  after  all  be  whole. 

That  precife  Order  be  taken  that  the  Searchers, 
Chirurgeons,  Keepers  and  Buriers  are  not  to  pafs 
the  Streets  without  holding  a  red  Rod  Or  Wand  of 
three  Foot  in  length  in  their  Hands,  open  and  evi- 
dent to  be  feen,  and  are  not  to  go  into  any  other 
Houfe  then  into  their  own,  or  into  that  whereunto 
they  are  directed  or  fent  for  ;  but  to  forbear  and  ab- 
ftain  from  Company,  efpecially  when  they  have  been 
lately  ufed  in  any  fuch  Bufinefs  or  Attendance^ 


Inmates] 


Orders  for  Health.  <J 

Inmates. 

npHAT  where  feveral  Inmates  are  in  one  and 
■*■  the  fame  Houfe,  and  any  Pcrfon  in  that  Houfe 
happen  to  be  Infected  ;  no  other  Perfon  or  Family 
of "fuch  Houfe  mail  be  fuftered  to  remove  him  or 
themfclves  wichout  a  Certificate  from  the  Exami- 
ners of  Health  of  that  Parifli  ;  or  in  default  there- 
of, the  Houfe  whither  he  or  they  fo  remove,  fhali 
be  fhut  up  as  in  cafe  of  Vifitation. 

Hackney-  Coaches. 

'THAT  care  be  taken  of  Hackney-Coachmen^ 
A  that  they  may  not  (as  fome  of  them  have  been 
obferved  to  do)  after  carrying  of  infected  Perfons  to 
the  Peft-Houfe,  and  other  Places,  be  admitted  to 
common  ufe,  till  their  Coaches  be  well  aired,  and 
have  flood  unemployed  by  the  fpace  of  live  or  fix 
Days  after  fuch  Service. 


mmmMi^ 


j<£>*^ 


Orders    for    cleanfing  and  keeping 
of  the  Streets  ivveet. 

The  Streets  to  Ire  kep  dean. 

FIRST,  it  is  thought  neceflary,  and  fo  ordered, 
that  every  Houfholder  do  caufe  the  Street  to 
be  daily  pared  before  his  Door,  and  fo  to  keep  it 
clean  fwepc  all  the  Week  long. 

C  'That 


10  Orders  for  Health. 

That  Rakers  take  it  from  out  the  Houfes. 

HpHAT  the  Sweeping  and  Filth  of  Houfes  be 
-*-     daily  carried    away  by  the  Rakers,  and   that 
the  Raker  fhall  give  notice  of  his  coming,    by  the 
blowing  of  a  Horn,  as  heretofore  hath  been  done. 

Lay  flails  to  be  made  far  off  from  the  City. 

*T*  H  A  T  the  Layftalls  be  removed  as  far  as  may  be 

"*■  out  of  the  City,  and  common  Pafiages,  and 
that  no  Nightman  or  other  be  fuffered  to  empty  a 
Vault  into  any  Garden  near  about  the  City. 

Care  to  be  had  of  unwholfome  Fijh  or  Flefl,  and  ofmufty 

Corn. 

HP  HAT  fpecial  care  be  taken,  that  no  ftinking 
**■  Filh,  or  unwholfome  Flefli,  or  mufty  Corn,  or 
other  corrupt  Fruits,  of  what  fort  foever  be  fuffered 
to  be  fold  about  the  City,  or  any  part  of  the  fame. 

That  the  Brewers  and  Tipling-houfes  be  looked 
unto,  for  mufty  and  unwholfome  Casks. 

That  no  Hogs,  Dogs,  or  Cats,  or  tame  Pigeons,  or 
Conies,  be  fuffered  to  be  kept  within  any  part  of  the 
City,  or  any  Swine  to  be,  or  ftray  in  the  Streets  or 
Lanes,  but  that  fuch  Swine  be  impounded  by  the 
Beadle  or  any  other  Officer,  and  the  Owner  pu- 
nilhed  according  to  Act  of  Common-Council,  and 
that  the  Dogs  be  killed  by  the  Dog-killers  appointed 
for  that  purpofe. 


Orders 


Orders  for  Health.  \  i 


Orders  concerning  loofe  Perfons  and 
idle  Aifemblies. 

Beggers. 

FOrafmuch  as  nothing  is  more  complained  of, 
than  the  multitude  of  Rogues  and  wandering 
Beggers,  that  fwarm  in  every  place  about  the  City, 
being  a  great  caufe  of  the  fpreading  of  the  Infection, 
and  will  not  be  avoided,  notwithstanding  any  Order 
that  hath  been  given  to  the  contrary  :  It  is  therefore 
now  ordered,  that  fuch  Conftables,  and  others, 
whom  this  matter  may  any  way  concern,  do  take 
fpecial  care  that  no  wandering  Begger  be  fuffered  in 
the  Streets  of  this  City,  in  any  fafhion  or  manner 
wharfoever,  upon  the  Penalty  provided  by  the  Law 
to  be  duly  and  feverely  executed  upon  them. 

Plays. 

'T*  H  AT  all  Plays,  Bear-baitings,  Games,  fing- 
-*•  ing  of  Ballads,  Buckler-play,  or  fuch  like  Cau- 
fes  of  Aflemblies  of  People,  be  utterly  prohibited, 
and  the  Parties  offending,  feverely  punifhed  by  every 
Alderman  in  his  Ward. 

Feafting  Prohibited. 

*T*H  AT  all  publick  Feafting,  and  particularly  by 

A     the  Companies  of  this  City,  and  Dinners  at 

Taverns,  Alehoufes,  and  other  Places  of  common 

Entertainment  be  forborn  till  further  Order  and  Al- 

C  2  lowance, 


i  2  Orders  for  Health. 

lowance  ;  and  that  the  Money  thereby  fpared,  be 
preferred  and  employed  for  the  Benefit  and  Relief  of 
the  Poor  vi/ited  with  the  Infection. 

Tipling-Houfes. 

HpHAT  disorderly  Tipling  in  Taverns,  Ale- 
-*-  houfes,  Corfee-houfes,  and  Cellars  be  feverely 
looked  unto,  as 'the  common  Sin  of  this  Time,  and 
greateft  occafion  of  difperfing  the  Plague.  And  that 
no  Company  or  Perfon.be  fuftered  to  remain  or  come 
into  any  Tavern,  Ale-houfe,  or  Coifee-houfe  to 
drink  after  nine  of  the  Clock  in  the  Evening,  accord- 
ing to  the  ancienr  Law  and  Cuftom  of  this  City, 
upon  the  Penalties  ordained  in  that  behalf. 

And  for  the  better  Execution  of  thefe  Orders,  and 
fuch  other  Rules  and  Directions  as  upon  further  con- 
sideration fhall  be  found -needful  ;  It  is  ordered  and 
enjoined  that  the  Aldermen,  Deputies,  and  Common- 
Council-men  fhall  meet  together  weekly,  once, 
twice,  thrice,  or  oftner,  (as  caufe  (hall  require)  at 
fomeone  general  Place  accullomed  in  their  refpe&ive 
Wards  (being  clear  from  Infection  of  the  Plague) 
to  conuilt  how  the  faid  Orders  .may  be  duly  put  in 
execution  ;  not  intending  that  any,  dwelling  in  or 
near  places  infe&ed,  (hall  come  to  the  faid  Meet- 
ings -  white  their  coming  may  be  doubtful.  And 
the  faid  Aldermen,  and  Deputies,  and  Common- 
Council-men,  in  their  feveral  Wards  may  put  in  exe- 
cution any  other  good  Orders  that  by  them  at  their 
fafcl  Meetings  fhall  he  conceived  and  devifed,  for 
Prefervation  of  His  Majefty's  Subjeds  from  the  In- 
fection. 


tooil 


A  N 


A  N 


ACCOUNT 


O  F    T  H  E 


Firft  Rise,  Progress, 

Symptoms,  and  Cure 


O  F    T  H  E 


PLAGUE: 

Being   the   Subftance  of  a  Letter  from 
Dr.  Hodges  to  a  Perfon  of  Quality, 


S  I  R, 

OUR  candid  Acceptance  of  the  Obfer- 
vations  which  I  have  made  on  this  Pe(l> 
is  a  mod  prevalent  Argument  to  encou- 
rage the  Communication  of  them  in  an- 
fwer  to  your  Defire. 
To  omit  therefore  all  thofe  mod  obvious  Notions 
of  the  Peft  in  general,  occurring  in  every  Author 
writing  on  that  Subject,  I  (hall  confine  my  felf  to  a 
particular  Difquifition  of  the  peculiar  Nature  of  this' 
Plague,  as  fevere  as  any  recorded  in  our  Annals. 

London 


1 4       The  fyfe,  Trogrefs,  Symptoms, 

London  feldom  free  from  feme  Malignant  Difeafe. 

That  London  or  other  populous  Places,  are  fel- 
dom free  from  Malignant  and  Peftilential  Difeafes, 
is  confirmed  by  the  long  Experience  of  able  Phyfici- 
ans,  who  find  that  Humours  upon  feveral  Occafi- 
ons  acquire  a  venenate  Quality,  and  here -ipon  prove 
ir.oft  Pernicious. 

The  higheft  degree  of  Malignity  flowing  from 
the  Putrefaction  of  congefted  Humours,  however 
it  may  be  mod  fatal  to  the  Body  wherein  it  was 
produced,  being  yet  but  the  Effect  of  a  private 
Caufe,  is  limited  at  moil  to  an  hereditary  Propa- 
gation, and  cannot  be  imagined  the  Original  of 
Epidemical  Difeafes,  efpecialiy  of  the  Pefly  whofe 
Original  is  adequate  to  its  Effects ;  But  in  regard 
the  Caufe  of  the  Plague  is  moft  myflerious,  and 
not  yet  hitherto  plainy  discovered,  moft  Writers 
aftef  a  difappointment  in  their  fcrutining  the  Series 
of  natural  Canfes,  do  betake  themfelves  to  Su- 
pernatural, and  acknowledge  a  70  e£ov  in  this  Dif- 
eafe. 

Amongft  Natural  Caufes,  the  Conjunctions  of 
fome  Planets,  Eclipfes,  Comets,  and  fuch  like  Ap- 
pearances in  the  Heavens,  are  by  many  accufed  as 
the  Authors  of  the  Plague,  and  upon  this  Account, 
fome  addicted  to  Aftrology,  obferving  fuch  Appear- 
ances the  foregoing  Year,  have  confident  y  aflerted 
that  our  Pefl  was  the  Iffue  of  thofe  malevolent  In- 
fluences. 

'The  Original  of  the  Plague  in  166$. 

After  a  moft  ftrict  and  ferious  Inquiry,  by  undoubt- 
ed Teftimonies,  I  find  that  this  Pefi  was  communica- 
ted to. us f  om  the  Netherlands  by  way  of  Contagion; 
andif  moft  probable  Relations  deceive  me  not,  it  came 

from 


and  Cure  of  (foPLAGUE.       15 

from  Smyrna  to  Holland  in  a  parcel  of  infected  Goods  : 
Whether  it  began  there,  or  in  any  other  Pluce,  being 
unreloived,  I  fhall  not  entangle  my  fclf  in  a  conje- 
ctural Difcuflio:.  of  its  Caufe,  or  give  a  tedious  Nar- 
rative of  the  Nature  and  Effects  of  Pefts  in  chofe 
hot  Count,  its  ;  give  me  leave  to  hint,  that  the  fame 
/ty?  graft  ant  in  divers  Regions  of  a  different  Tem- 
perature, may  fo  much  vary  in  its  Phenomena,  that 
that  it  may  feem  totally  changed. 

7  he  Plague  Complicated  with  other  Difeafes. 

Before  I  proceed,  I  muft.  Advertife,  that  the  Pefi 
«Totn  Complicate  with  moft  Maladies  which  hap- 
pen during  its  GralVancy,  efpecially  fuchas  are  Con- 
tagions, every  lutle  Diforder  at  fuch  times  turning 
to  the  Plague,  and  infectious  Difeafes  more  nearly 
combining,  and  fymbolizing  with  it  :  Hence  I  col- 
lect, that  the  Scorbu'e  being  Popular  and  Epidemi- 
cal in  Holland,  the  Peft  when  it  fell  in  wirh  it,  did 
very  much  parcake  of  its  Na:ure,  which  afterwards 
invading  this  Kingdom,  gave  ample  Teftimony  by 
its  Symptoms  of  this  Ailociation. 

No  fuch  Thing  as  hfeBs  in  the  Air. 

As  I  have  defigned  y  wav'd  at  prefent  to  deliver 
my  Theory  con  erningthis  Pefl,  (o  I  upon  the  fame 
Account  dok)rbesr  to  intermeddle  with  the  Hypo- 
thefes  of  other  ;  but  becaufe  the  Learned  Kircher's 
late  Experiments  have  put  moil:  inquifitive  Searchers 
into  fenfible  Truths,  upon  the  quell  to  difcover  that 
animated  Matter  in  the  Air,  mentioned  in  his  Trea- 
tife  of  the  Pefi,  I  fhall  tranfiently  deliver  my  Ob- 
fervatio'  s  touching  this  Particular  :  I  mull:  ingeni- 
oufly  confefs,  that  notwithstanding  my  mod  careful 
and  induprious  Attemprs  by  all  means  likely  to  pro- 
mote the  Difco  very  of  fuch  Matter,  and  that  1  have- 
La! 


1 6      The  <%ife,  Vrogrefs,  Symptoms , 

had  as  good  Opportunities  for  this  Purpofe,  as  any 
Phyfician  ;  it  hath  not  yet  been  my  Happinefs  (if 
fuch  minute  Infeds  caufed  this  Pefi,)  to  difcern  them, 
neither  have  I  hitherto  by  the  Information  of  credi- 
ble Teilimonies,  received  Satisfaction  in  this  Point  ; 
whereupon  1  infer,  that  in  regard  Pefts  are  of  a  dif- 
ferent Nature^  though  I  allow  that  famous  Author's 
Experiments  in  that  Plague  at  Rome,  yet  it  follows 
not  that  ours  was  caufed  by  the  like  Production  of 
Worms  or  Infeds,  as  fome  have  rather  fancied  than 
demonftrated. 

The  Confequences  of  Putrefaction  are  fo  well 
known  by  an  ordinary  Infpedion  into  the  Tranfadi- 
ons  of  Nature,  that  the  Produdion  of  Worms  and 
various  Infeds  upon  this  account,  may  not  be  right- 
ly judged  a  new  Difcovery,  considering  efpecially, 
that  malignant  Difeafes  do  not  lefs  than  the  Plague, 
evidence  Putrefadion  by  fuch  Products  :  Indeed 
amongft  all  that  vaft  Number  I  converfed  with  dur- 
ing Vifltation,I  noted  very  few  to  have  either  vomit- 
ed Worms,  or  by  unerring  Symptoms  to  have  given 
an  Indication  of  verminous  Matter  lodged  in  any 
part  of  their  Bodies  ;  I  only  had  a  Relation  of  one, 
who  in  vomiting  threw  up  a  ftrange  figured  Infed, 
which  appeared  very  fierce,  and  even  aflaulted  fuch  as 
were  bufie  toobferve  it ;  whereupon  it  wascruflied 
by  a  rude  Hand,  fo  that  its  Shape  is  not  very  dif* 
cernible. 

The  primary  Caufe  of  the  Plague. 

Since  that  the  Nature  of  this  Peft,  in  Relation  to 
its  primary  Caufe  is  moil:  obfcure,  we  cannot  more 
furely  arrive  at  the  Knowledge  of  it,  than  by  the 
Difcoveries  it  makes  of  it  felf  in  Propagation  : 
When  therefore  I  do  well  ponder  the  wonderful 
Energy  of  Peftilential  Effluviums,  which  can  inft an- 
taneoufly  imprint  indelible  Charaders  on  Bodies  be- 
fore 


and  Cure  of  the  PLAUGE.     17 

fore  found  and  healthful,  and  conform  them  to  the 
like  Efficacy  in  contagious  Communications,  I  am 
induced  to  think  that  its  Principles  are  chiefly  faline, 
which  appears  by  its  Activity  and  Power ;  1  need  not 
produce  Examples  to  illuftrate  the  inexpreflible  Vi- 
gor of  thefe  Ferments,  it  being  well  known  that  ma- 
ny have  dy'd  without  the  leaft  Senfe  of  Contagion 
or  Apprehension  ot  Illnefs  thereby. 

Of  its  Invajton. 

I  come  in  the  next  Place  to  the  Manner  of  the 
Pefls  Invafion,  which  is  unanimoufly  agreed  on  to 
be  by  Contagion,  viz,.  When  venenate  Expirations 
are  tranfmitted  from  infe&ious  Bodies  to  others 
working  a  like  Change  and  Alteration  in  them  ; 
whereupon  I  conclude,  that  no  Perfon  is  feiz'd  with 
the  Plague  except  he  receives  into  his  Body  thefe 
Peftilential  Effluxes,  which  however  they  do  more 
effectually  infed  by  how  much  nearer  the  Bodies  are, 
yet  it  is  not  to  be  doubted  but  that  at  a  very  confide- 
rableDiftance  where  no  Perfon  is  fick,  thefe  moft  ma- 
lignant Corpufcles  being  carried  in  the  Motion  oi 
the  Air,  may  fo  preferve  their  Venom,  as  to  fur- 
prize  fuch  Bodies  amidft  their  greateft  Securities; 
and  I  am  apt  to  think  that  fuch  Effe&s  are  oft-times 
appropriated  to  Imagination,  the  Operations  of 
which  can  eafily  ferment  the  Juices  of  the  Body, 
and  raife  Symptoms  not  unlike  thofe  of  the  Peft. 

A  Confutation  of  thofe  who  would  believe  it  not 
contagiotu. 

Notwithstanding  that  Infection  is  fo  apparent  in 
the  Peft,  yet  fome  have  lately  in  their  Difcourfes 
and  Pamphlets,  argued  that  it  is  not  contagious, 
fuch  Perfons  deferve  rather  the  Magizlrates  Cen- 
fure  than  my  Refutation  :  The  Order  publifhed  by 

D  Queen 


i  8      Ibe  ^ifey  frogrefs,  Symptoms, 

Queen  Elizabeth  was  in  chofe  Days  the  moll  proper 
Expedient  to  fupprefs  that  Opinion,  which  is  not 
otherwife  now  than  by  Authority  to  be  fiienced  : 
thefe  ground  their  Hypothefes  upon  the  Efcape  of 
fome  Pefons  who  converfe  with  the  infected  ;  but 
this  Proof  is  not  admittable  as  fufficienr,  becaufe 
there  are  very  many  Caufes  why  fuch  Bodies  are 
not  equally  obnoxious  to  Contagion  as  others ;  for 
befides  the  particular  Providence  of  God,  the  Se- 
curity of  fuch  Perfons  may  be  attributed  to  the 
Shape  of  their  Pores  nor  admitting  peftilential  A- 
toms  of  a  difproportion'd  Figure,  or  Vigour  or  the 
Spirits  to  expel  this  Enemy  before  he,  can  fix  in  their 
Bodies ;  certainly  fuch  Perfons  might  as  rationally 
affirm  that  Bullets  will  not  wound  and  kill,  becaufe 
fome  in  the  hotteft  Battles  amidft  Showers  of  fmall 
Shot  walk  untouched  by  any  of  them,  when  as  thefe 
efcape  rather  upon  the  Account  of  the  various  happy 
Poflures  they  are  in  during  die  Charge,  than  their 
Fancy  of  being  Shot-free. 

Thefe  infectious  Irradiations  flowing  from  Bodies 
inflam'd  with  the  Peft,  as  they  conflantly  ifTue  out 
by  Tranfpiration,  and  other  more  open  Paffages,  fo 
they  diffufe  their  Malignity  accordingly  as  they  are 
more  or  lefs  fubtile  and.  fpiritual :  If  therefore  the 
Snuff  of  a  Candle,  which  emits  a  grofs  and  vifible 
Fume,  can  in  few  Moments  fo  taint  the  circum- 
ambient Air  in  a  large  Room,  fo  as  to  render  it 
moil:  offenfive  to  our  Smell  ;  certainly  Peftilential 
Exhalations  by  very  many  Degrees  more  fine  and 
fubtile,  can  infenfibly  and  beyond  fuch  narrow  Li- 
mits fpread  their  Poifon,  corrupting  the  Air,  and 
making  it  pernicious  to  Bodies  difposM  to  receive 
fuch  Impreflions.  Touching  the  Steam  of  infe&ed 
Eodies.  I  confefs  that  when  Buboes  are  opened,  Car- 
buncles caft  off  their  Efchar,  the  Peftilential  Emana- 
tions being  imbodied  in  grolTer  Vapours  ifTuing  from 
fuch  Sores,  may  poffible  be  hereupon  fenfible  to  the 

Nofe, 


and  Cure  of  the  PLAGUE,      xp 

Nofe,  as  in  opening  other  Impollhumes,  and  dref- 
fing  common  fordid  Ulcers  is  evident  :  Hence  it  is 
that  fomc  have  perceiv'd  the  Moment  of  their  Sei- 
fure,  which  Scent  they  could  not  ptherwife  exprefs, 
than  by  a  cadaverous,  anji  as  it  were  a  fuifocating 
Stench  ;  but  I  may  confidently  aver,  that  not  one 
in  two  hundred  hath  been  apprehenfiye  by  Scent  of 
the  Infection,  the  venate  Particles  communicating 
their  Malignity  in  a  way  imperceptible  to  our 
Senfes. 

How  the  Peflikntial  Effluvia  operate  on  the  Body* 

How   thefe  Peftilential  Effluxes  do  operate  on 
Man's  Body,  comes  next  under  Confideration,  (up- 
poling  that  the  Infection  hath  newly  infinuated  it 
felf,  the  Blood  and  Juices  do  immediately  receive 
the  Alarum   as   being  to  undergo  the  firft  Affault; 
the  Blood  in  fome,  by  the  deleterious  Quality  of  the 
Poifon,  in  few  Moments    is  mortify 'd,    not  unlike 
what  happens  in  the  Death  of  fuch  who  are  kill'd  by 
Lightning  ;    in   others,   the  Blood  is  forthwith  put 
into  a  Fermentation,  cither  higher  or  lower,  accord- 
ing the  to  State  of  the  Blood  before  Infection,  or  the 
Condition  and  Degree  of  the  Contagion,  on  which 
alfo  depends  the  Depuration  of  the  Blood  producing 
Blains,  Buboes,  and  Carbuncles,  and   fuch  Patients, 
except  fomething    accidentally  intervenes   to  con- 
traindicate,  for  the  molt  part  efcape,  but  mod  com- 
monly in  this  Fermentation  the  Blood  coagulates  in 
fewer  or  more  Veffels,  and  according  to  the  DifTolu- 
tion  and  Difcharge  of  thefe  Grumous  Parts  before  fur- 
ther Putrefaction,theCondition  of  fuch  Perfons  is  more 
fecure  or   dangerous,  if  the  Coagulation   encreafes, 
a  Period  at  length  is  put  to  the  Blood's  Circulation  : 
Laftly,  the   Blood  doth   fometimes  fuffer  a  Fufion, 
for  when   the  fulphureous  Parts  are  con  fumed,  the; 
Peftilential  Tincture   proves  a  Diffolvent,  and  de- 

D  z  ftroys 


20      Ik  3(i/e,  Trogrefs,  Symptoms, 

ftroys  the  Fibres  of  the  Blood,  not  only  by  way  of 
Liquation,  making  it  moft  fluid,  but  corrupting  its 
faline  Particles.  I  have  obferved,  that  fuch  Blood 
in  Hemorrhages  would  not  coagulate,  but  remained 
like  a  tinotured  Ichor ;  the  Reduction  of  fuch  Blood 
to  its  former  State  being  impoflible,  the  Cafe  of  fuch 
Patients  was  moft  defperate,  Medicines  affording 
not  the  leaft  Eafe  or  Relief:  The  nervous  Liquor 
did  alfo  (hare  in  this  common  Calamity,  and  accord- 
ing to  its  quality,  fuffered  as  great  and  many  Alte- 
rations as  the  Blood. 

Of  the  Propagation  of  the  Difeafe. 

Before  I  proceed  to  the  Symptoms  of  this  Di- 
ftemper,  it  may  not  feem  impertinent  tranfiently  to 
give  fome  remarkable  Obfervations  which  occurred 
in  the  Propagation  of  this  Difeafe ;  as,  that  the  In- 
fected were  commonly  feized  after  the  ifame  man- 
ner, and  generally  had  the  like  iffue,  in  refped  of  a 
Recovery  or  Death,  as  thofe  from  whom  they  took 
the  Contagion,  except  any  thing  happened  extraor- 
dinary  in  the  Cafe  of  one  more  than  the  other ;  fo 
that  the  Effe&s  of  the  Plague,  not  only  in  relation 
to  the  number  of  Buboes,  Blains  or  Carbuncles, 
but  the  Part  and  Place,  did  abundantly  evince  its 
peculiar  and  ftrange  Defignation. 

That  Perfons  may  be  injeBed  more  than  once. 

Furthermore,  that  Opinion  that  the  Pefl  invades 
no  Perfon  a  fecond  time,  if  his  Sores  at  firft  fuffi- 
ciently  difcharged  purulent  Matter,  is  now  plainly 
confuted  by  too  many  Experiments  during  this  fad 
Vifitation  :  I  have  known  many  who  altho*  all 
things  fucceeded  well  the  firft  and  fecond  time,  and 
each  Cure  was  perfected,  yet  the  third  Seizure,  up- 
on the  account  of  a  new  Infeftion,  and  not  a  Re- 

lapfe, 


and  Cure  of  the?  L  AGUE.      21 

lapfe,  bath  proved  fatal  to  them  :  Some  this  laft 
Year  fell  the  fifth,  others  the  fixth  time,  being  be- 
fore very  well  recovered.  Each  of  thefe  Invafiors, 
I  fuppofe,  was  not  only  from  an  higher  Degree  of 
Malignity,  but  a  diverfe  Complication  of  the  tefi; 
betides,  Nature  being  much  weakened  by  preceding 
-Affaults,  was  thereupon  more  unable  to  make  her 
Defence. 

The  Symptoms  of  the  Plague. 

The  Symptoms  of  this  Pefl  were  many  j   but  I 
(hall  content  myfelf  to  fet  down  fuch  as  were  moft 
common  and  notorious  :    Moft  Terfons  upon  their 
firft  Invafion  by  the  Sicknefs,  perceived  a  Chilnefs 
to  creep  on  them,   which  produced  in   very  fhort 
fpace  a  Shivering  not  unlike  the  cold  Fit  of  an  Ague; 
which  Shivering  was  doubtlefs  an  Efteft  of  the  Pe- 
fiikntial  Ferment  infinuating  itfelf  into  the  Blood 
and  Juices  of  the  Body,    and  rendring  them  either 
(harp,  pungitive,  or  fo  corrupt  by  its  Venerofity, 
that  hereupon  there  happens  a  Vellication  of  the 
nervous  Parts,   whence  proceeded  convulfive  Mo- 
tions ;  foon  after  this, Horror  and  Shaking  followed 
a  Naufeoufnefs,  and  ftrong  Inclinations   to  vomit, 
with  a  great  Oppreflion,  and  feeming  Fullnefs  of 
the  Stomach,  occafioned  by  the  Poifon  irritating  the 
Ventricle,  which  being  a  nervous  Part,  is  and  there- 
upon moft  fenfible  of  what  will  prove  fo  injurious 
to  it ;    the  Pefl  did  fometimes  feat  itfelf  in  the  Sto- 
mach, more  eminently  fhewing  itfelf  there  in  Car- 
buncles and  Mortifications ;  a  violent  and  intolera- 
ble Head-ach  next  fucceeded,    by  reafon   of  the 
Blood's  Tumultuoufnefs  and  Ebullition :  hereupon 
fome  fell  into  a  Frenzy,  and  others  became  foporofe 
and  ftupid,  according  to  the  quality  and  nature  of 
the  Malignity  ;  afterwards  a  Fever  began  to  difco- 
ver  itfelf,  without  which  no  Perfon  efcaped  during 

a  this 


2 1        The  fyfe,  Vrogrefs,  Symptoms, 

this  Vifitation ;  when  therefore  the  Blood  was 
throughly  impregnated  with  the  Peflilential  Ferment, 
then  the  Blood  fermented,  and  the  OEconomy  of 
the  Body  was  violated,  all  Parts  both  internal  and 
external,  extreamly  fuftering  and  exprefTing  their  fe- 
veral  Conditions  in  this  extream  Agony,  upon  the 
account  either  of  Idiopathy  or  Sympathy. 

Of  the  Fever. 

I  {hall  not  here  difpute,  whether  the  true  Peft  is  al- 
ways accompanied  with  a  Fever ;  I  conceive  that  in 
fome  Peftsy  as  alfo  in  the  higheft  Degree  of  this,  the 
feveral  Parts  of  the  Blood  have  inftantaneoufly  been 
Separated,  there  being  no  Time  for  any  Ebullition; 
But  fince  that  I  undertake  only  to  deliver  my  own 
Obfervations ,    I   mud    ingenuoufly   confefs,    that 
during   this  Pe(l  (except   in  the   cafe  of  fuch  who 
fuddenly   died  )    I   met   not    with    any   one    Pa- 
tient free  from  a  Fever,    which  in  fome  was  more 
flow  and  occult,  in  others  peracute  and  notorioufly 
apparent,  as  the  Blood  did  more  orlefs  abound  with 
fulphureous  Particles,  apt  to  kindle  and  be  inflamed; 
and  more  particularly  I  noted,  that  thofe  who  were 
over  ran  with  the  Scorbure,  and  afterwards  took  the 
Infedion  of  the  Plague,  had  a  more  obfcure  and  re- 
mifs  Fever,   fo  as  it  feemed  many  times  very  doubt- 
ful whether  they  laboured  of  any  or  no,-  which  I 
cannot  attribute  to  any  thing  elfe  than  to  the  State 
of  their  Blood,  by  reafon  of  its  much  abounding 
with  a  fixed  Salt :  The  like  Affertion  will  hold  true 
of  the  feveral  other  Defects  in  the  Blood.     In  rela- 
tion to  the  Paroxifms  which  were  obferved  in  this 
Fever,  'tis  mod  certain   that   generally   there  was 
fome  kind  of  Remiflion,  fo  as  that  the  Patients  could 
eafily  find  their  Condition  altered  thereby;  but  thefe 
Fits  were  altogether  irregular  and  uncertain,  how- 
ever they  feemed  in  fqme  much  to  refemble  a  double 
Tertian. 

of 


<md  Cure  of  the  PL  AGUE.       25 

Of  Faintnefs  and  Palpitations  of  the  Heart. 

So  foon  as  this  Fever  began  to  appear,  ftrange 
Faintnefs  feized  the  Patient,  which  was  feconded 
by  mod  violent  Palpitations  of  the  Heart-  and 
hereupon  many  have  fufpe&ed  that  the  Peft,  by  a 
peculiar  Difpofition,  moil  vigoro.fly  bends  all  its 
Strength  to  ftorm  the  Heart,  which  is  the  moll  royal 
Fort  j  but  fince  that  we.  are  well  allured  that  the 
Heart  doth  principally  fufter  by  reafon  of  this  hete* 
rogeneal  Matter  mixed  with.  Blood,  and  circulating 
with  it  through  this  noble  Part,  I  cannot  think  thac 
the  Heart  is  other  wife  injured,  than  in  being  hin- 
dered in  its  Office  of  animating  and  inflaming  the 
Blood,  by  its  innate  Ferment,  to  perform  its  ap- 
pointed Stage  of  Circulation. 

Of  the  Lafjitude. 

Here  I  might  particularly  take  notice  of  that 
flrange  Laflitude  which  was  very  obfervable  in  moft 
affected  with  this  Scorbutical  Peft,  as  well  by  reafon 
of  the  Difiention  of  the  VelTels,  as  the  immediate 
Mixture  of  the  Malignity  with  the  ferous  Humours 
abounding  in  fuch  Bodies ,-  but  1  (hall  not  any  longer 
infift  on  the  Symptoms  which  are  common  in  Pefti- 
lential  Fevers,  but  defcend  to  thofe  Diagnofticks 
which  moll  peculiarly  difcover  the  Peft,  as  Blains, 
Buboes,  Carbuncles  ard  Difcolorations,  vulgarly 
called  Tokens  :  Of  which  briefly  in  their  Order. 

Of  the  Blains. 

Blains  are  Puftles,  or  rather  Blii^ers,  fometimes 
greater  or  fometimes  lefs.:  and  tor  number  fewer  or 
more,  according  to  the  Quantity  or  Quality  of  the 
Peftilcntial  Matter  fegregated  from  the  Blood,  and 

other 


24       ^  %ifej  Progwfiy  Symptoms , 

other  Liquors  of  the  Body,  by  their  Fermentation ; 
thefe  were  obfcarely  incircled,  and  coloured  accord- 
ing to  the  ferous  Humour  either  flowing  to,  or  dif- 
charged  upon  thofe  Parts  where  they  appeared ;  but 
as  no  Place  could  plead  Exemption,  fo  thofe  Parts 
were  moft  fubjecl:  to  thefe  Blains  which  did  lie  near- 
eft  to  this  poifonous  Humour,  when  it  was  forced 
but ;  the  Liquor  contained  in  thefe  Blifters  was  of 
the  fame  nature  with  that  which  produced  Carbun- 
cles, but  mors  dilated  and  difperfed  ;  wherefore  the 
Peft  was  rightly  judged  not  fo  dangerous  where  only 
Blains  were  difcovered. 

Of  the  Buboes. 

Buboes  are  Tumours  of  the  Glandules ;  if  under 
the  Ear,  they  are  called  Parotides ;  others  happen 
under  the  Arms,  and  in  the  Groin ;  Peftilential  Mat- 
ter in  Circulation  with  the  Blood  being  retained  in 
thefe  Glandules*  whereby  they  are  tumified  and  in- 
flamed: That  fome  Perfons  without  any  Senfe  either 
of  the  Contagion,or  any  Illnefs  by  it,  have  complained 
of  thefe  Tumours,  muft  be  afcribed  to  theMildnefs  of 
the  Malignity,  having  before  upon  others  fpent  its 
Virulency  ;  but  moft  commonly  thefe  Buboes  were 
an  Effect  of  the  fecond  Sweat,  promoted  by  proper 
Alexipharmical  Remedies,  and  fuch  Rifings  gave 
hope  of  the  Patients  Recovery ;  fome  of  thefe  Tu- 
mours were  indolent  and  hard,  continuing  fo  many 
Months,  notwithftanding  Means  either  to  difcufs  or 
fuppurate  them  ;  and  when  thefe  were  unadvifedly 
opened  by  Incifion,  nothing  elfe  but  an  Ichor  gufhed 
forth,  and  the  Part  wounded  was  very  apt  to  mor- 
tify :  but  thefe  Rifings  were  generally  fo  painful, 
that  moft  could  not  endure  the  fierce  and  frequent 
Lancinations,  and  the  extream  Burning  they  felt  un- 
til the  time  of  Suppuration  approached,  which  upon 
this  account  was  haftened  by  fuitable  Applications 

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and  Cure  of  the  PLAGUE.       25 

of  Cataplafms  and  Plaifters:  Tiic  Number  of  thefe 
Buboes  was  not  certain,  fome  had  two,  others  three, 
many  four  j  neither  was  their  Bignefs  limited,  the 
Rifings  in  feme  being  very  large,  fo  as  to  equal  an 
Half-penny  Loaf,  in  others  not  exceeding  an  Hen's 
Egg  ;  very  many  of  thefe  Tumors  were  difcuiTed, 
if  the  Patient  at  fait  fubmitted  to  effectual  Sweats ; 
and  if  afterwards  they  encreafed,  great  Care  was 
taken  to  further  their  Enlargement,  and  to  break 
them,  the  Fever  ufually  going  off  and  declining  as 
thefe  Tumors  ripened,  and  were  fitted  for  Aper- 
tion. 

Of  the  Carbuncles. 

A  Carbuncle  is  a  Peflilential  Sore,  appearing  at 
firft  with  a  very  fmall  Puftle,  and  a  Circle  about  ic 
of  a  red  flaming  Colour  ;  which  Puftle  either  open- 
ing, or  rather  the  Liquor  in  ic  being  fpent  by  the 
extream  Heat  of  the  adjacent  Part,  foon  hardens 
and  grows  crufty,  the  incompaffing  Inflammation 
fpreading  it  felf,  and  by  reafon  of  the  corrofive  Qua- 
lity  of  the  Humour  cauterizing  that  Place  where 
it  fixes  :  I  have  feen  Carbuncles  in  mod  Parts  of 
the  Body,  which  proved  more  or  lefs  dangerous  in 
refpect  of  the  Part  affected,  and  the  Degree  of  the 
Malignity  :  I  was  call'd  to  one  Patient  who  had  a 
Carbuncle  within  two  or  three  Fingers  breadth  of 
a  Bubo  in  the  Groin,  though  they  were  differently 
handled  in  relation  to  the  Cure,  yet  the  Bufinefs  fut- 
ceeded  very  well  ;  alfo  one  recovered  when  there 
was  a  large  Carbuncle  directly  oppofite  to  the  Heart; 
a  third  with  one  in  her  Breaft,  at  the  fame  time 
fhe  gave  fuck,  and  the  Child  difcover'd  no  other 
Infirmity  than  a  Loofnefs  during  his  Mother's  Cure  ; 
another  was  afflicted  with  a  large  Carbuncle  very 
near  the  Bottom  of  the  Stomach,  and  fhe  lived  un- 
til Cicatrization,  but  then  the  Malignity  retiring 
within,  took  her  away. 

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16        The  <I{ifey  Trogrefs,  Symptoms, 

Of  their  Magniture. 

Carbuncles  are  fometimes  very  large;  I  faw  one  on 
the  Thigh  above  two  hands  Breadth  with  a  large 
Blifter  on  it,  which  being  open'd  by  the  Chirurgeon, 
and  Scarification  made  where  the  Mortification  did 
begin>  the  Patient  expired  under  this  Operation  ; 
but  moft  commonly  thefe  Carbuncles  do  not  exceed 
the  Breadth  of  three  or  four  Fingers';  after  few 
Hours  the  Skin  fhrivels  into  a  Cruftincfs  of  a  duskifh 
or  brownifh  Colour  :  At  certain  Times,  and  in 
fome  efpecialiy  fcorbtitical  Bodies,  thefe  Carbuncles 
did  mortify,  and  except  timely  Care  was  taken  by 
Immargination,  Scarifications  or  Applications  of 
actual  Cauteries,  the  Gangreen  in  few  Hours  over- 
fpread  that  Part,  and  deftroyed  the  Patient  ;  this 
moft  faline  corrofive  Humour  was  not  eafily  and 
by  ordinary  Means  brought  to  Digeftion,  and  con- 
fequently  not  without  much  Difficulty  cured. 

Of  the  Tokens. 

Thefe  Tokens  are  Spots  upon  the  Skin  of  a  di- 
verfe  Colour  and  Figure,  proceeding  from  chiefly 
extravafed  Blood,  which  by  reafon  of  its  Stagnation 
putrefies  and  produceth  fuch  Mortifications,  difco- 
louring  the  Skin,  fo  then  thofe  Spots  which  are  the 
true  Tokens,  are  profound  Mortifications  caufed 
by  the  Extinction  of  natural  Heat  upon  the  Account 
of  highly  prevailing  Malignity,  becaufe  many  Spots 
arifing  upon  the  Skin  were  only  cutaneous,  and  fa 
far  impos'd  on  many  Searchers  and  unskilful  View- 
ers of  them,  that  they  declar'd  them  to  be  true 
Tokens  :  Experiment  was  always  made  upon  thefe 
Difcolorations  by  a  Lancet  or  large  Needle,  to  try 
whether  that  Part  fo  arTe&ed  was  fenfible ;  if  not, 
then  it  was  moft  apparent  that  fuch  Perfons  had 


and  Cure  of  APLAGU  E.        27 

thofe  fatal  Marks  upon  their  Bodies,  which  were 
mod  certain  Forerunners  of  Death  ;  but  if  the  Pa- 
tient did  difcover  Senfe  upon  the  Pricking  or  Inci- 
fion,  then  fuch  Spots  being  only  cutaneous,  were 
not  efteem'd  deadly. 

Anatomical  Obfervations  have  likewife .  informed 
us,  that  thefe  Tokens  have  their  Original  and  Rife 
from  within,  and  afterwards  externally  fhew  them- 
felves,-  which  is  evident,  becaufe  theBafis  of  them  is 
larger  than  their  outward  Appearance,  and  the  in- 
ternal Parts  are  found  very  often  fpotted  when  there 
is  no  Difcoloration  vifible  on  the  Skin. 

Of  their  Figure. 

The  Figure  of  thefe  Tokens  is  not  always  cer- 
tain, but  generally  they  are  orbicularly  fhap'd,  as  I 
fuppofe,  by  the  Pores,  to  which  the  extravafated 
Blood  molt  readily  tends,  and  for  want  of  Circula- 
tion fixing  there,  corrupts  ;  the  Pores  thus  clos'd  up 
by  any  cold  Check,  the  Dyaphorefis  whereupon  the 
malignant  Corpufcles  being  retain'd  in  the  Body, 
their  Attempt  to  fally  out  proves  unfuccefsful,  fo 
that  they  caufe  a  very  great  Putrefaction  in  the 
Parts  where  they  fettle  ;  and  foon  after,  if  a  fpeedy 
Vent  is  not  given,  thefe  Tokens  ftraitways  ap- 
pear, forefhewing  the  Event  of  the  Diftemper. 

Size. 

Thefe  Tokens  are  not  of  one  Size  or  Bignefs, 
fome  being  broader  than  a  fir.gle  Penny,  others  at 
fir  ft  very  fmall,  by  degrees  enlarging  and  fpreading 
themfelves  ;  to  the  Touch  they  feem  hard,  not  unlike 
little  Kernels  under  the  Skin,  the  Superficies  being 
fnooth;  yet  I  faw  one  where  thefe  Tokens  put  out 
with  little  Blifters  upon  them  :  Very  many  were 
puzzled  to  diftinguifh  aright  between  thefe  Marks 

£  2  and 


28       The  %jt,  frogrefs,  Symptoms, 

and  the  Petechia  Peftilentiales,  or  Peflilential  Ap- 
pearances in  Spotted  Fevers,  as  alfo  Scorbutica* 
Spots  frequently  interfpers'd  among  them  :  I  have 
taken  notice  of  many  Miflakes  upon  both  thefe  Ac- 
counts. 

Colour. 

The  Colour  of  the  Tokens  was  various,  in  fome 
reddifh,  with  a  Circle  inclining  towards  a  Blue,  in 
others  they  reprefented  a  faint  Blue,  the  Circle  being 
blackifh;  many  were  of  a  brownifh  dusky  Colour, 
like  Rufi  of  Iron  or  Moles  in  fome  Bodies  ,•  that  the 
reddifh  and  blackifh  Tokens  were  from  Blood,  is 
molt  evident,  but  whether  the  others  might  not 
proceed  from  the  nervous  Liquor  extravafated,  con- 
creted, and  mortify \\  by  the  Malignity,  is  more 
doubtful  ;  when  1  allay 'd  to  prove  them,  I  found 
th/m  almoft  impenetrable. 

Situation. 

Although  no  Part  of  Man's  Body  is  fecure  from 
thefe  moll  Peflilential  Marks,  yet  the  Neck,  Bread, 
Back  and  Thighs  are  mofl  apt  to  them,  but  thefe 
things  are  fo  vulgar  that  I  may  very  well  fpare  my 
Pains  in  giving  any  further  Account  :  That  which 
did  feem  at  firfl  mofl  flrange  to  me,  was,  that  ma- 
nyPerfons  whohad  continu'd  in  a  Delirium  through- 
out their  Sicknefs,  fo  foon  as  the  Tokens  appear'd, 
they  came  to  themfelves,  and  apprehended  that  they 
were  in  an  hopeful  and  recovering  Condition.  I 
might  here  relate  two  eminent  Stories,  which  I 
can  only  without  Circumftances  mention  ;  one  was 
of  a  Maid  whofe  Temper  feem'd  good,  her  Puife 
equal  and  flrong,  her  Senfes  were  perfect  at  that 
time  when  I  was  call'd  to  fee  her  ,•  me  complainM 
pi  no  Diforder  or  Pain,  and  concluded  her  felf  fc- 
^:c;  bat  when  I  view'4  her  Bread,  and  difcover'd 

very 


and  Cure  of  the  PLAGUE.       29 

very  many  Tokens,  I  left  her  with  a  Prognoftick, 
and  within  two  or  three  Hours  fhe  died  :  Not 
long  after  I  vifited  an  ancient  Woman,  and  found 
her  at  Dinner  with  a  Chicken  before  her,  on  which 
fhe  fed  greedily,  and  had  eaten  half  before  I  came  ; 
after  a  due  Enquiry  into  her  Cafe,  finding  no  Satif- 
fa&ion  either  from  her  Pulfe  or  Temper,  I  fearch- 
ing  her  Breaft,  obferv'd  the  Tokens,  and  me  expired 
within  one  or  two  Hours.  That  the  Tokens  do 
fomerimes  appear  after  Death,  is  to  be  attributed 
to  the  high  Ferment  in  the  Peflilential  Matter, 
which  vainly  fceking  to  force  its  way  through  the 
Skin,  imprints  there  indelible  Characters  of  its  ex- 
ceflive  Malignity. 

What  is  often  mentioned  in  moft  Authors  con-  : 
cerning  the  Flexiblenefs  of  Bodies  kiil'd  by  the 
Peflilence,  hath  not  been  confirmed  in  this  Plague ; 
for  although  fuch  Bodies  were  not  fo  foon  rigid  and 
ftiff  as  thofe  which  dy'd  of  chronical  or  common 
acute  Difeafes;  yet  due  Time  being  allowed,  or  if 
the  Bodies  were  expos'd  to  the  cold  Air,  there  ap- 
peared no  Difference  between  them  and  others. 

The  Prcgnofticks  of  the  Plague. 

7  The  PrognofHcks  in  this  Pefl  were  very  fallacious; 
for  oft-times  when  all  things  prefented  fair,  and  the 
Patient  feem'd  pail;  Danger,  on  a  fudden  the  Cafe 
was  alter'd  by  the  near  Approach  of  Death  ;  and 
on  the  contrary,  in  fome  whofe  Condition  upon 
many  Accounts  was  judged  defperate,  an  unexpected 
Change  at  a  dead  Lift  happened,  which  gave  full 
AtTuranceof  a  fpeedy  Recovery;  befides,  considering 
that  the  Pefl  did  primarily  feat  it  felf  in  the  Spirits, 
it  was  not  eafy  to  determine  positively  the  Succefs 
of  their  Conteft,  for  the  Spirits  which  for  a  while 
were  almoft  fuftbeated  and  extinguiuVd,  being  al- 
raoft  overpQwer'd  with  the  Peftilential  Venom,  did 

frequently 


3  o        7 be  ^ife%  Trogrefs,  Symptoms, 

frequently,  like  the  Fire  for  fome  time  fuppreffed, 
break  out  into  an  afpiring  Flame,  and  thereby  evi- 
dence their  Victory  ,•  and  many  times  the  Spirits, 
which  maintained  the  Combate  very  well  the  firft 
Charge,  by  the  fecond  Onfet  were  utterly  defeated ; 
fo  that  the  Tranfactions  of  the  Spirits  are  not  fo 
certainly  forefeen  as  the  Progrefs  of  Difeafes  fixed 
on  any  internal  or  external  Member  of  the  Body  ; 
the  beft  Prognoftickv  is  taken  from  the  Strength  of 
the  Patient  under  a  skilful  Hand,  directing  a  proper 
^nd  methodical  Cure. 

Of  the  Prefer  vat  ion  from  it. 

Before  I  come  to  the  Cure  of  the  Pefl,  I  (hall  fay 
fomething  touching  the  great  Bufinefs  of  Preferva- 
jdon  from  it.  Nature  inftructs  us  that  by  ail  means 
poflible  we  preferve  and  fafeguard  ourfelves  from  all 
things  prejudicial  to  our  Lives  ;  and  Art  hath  mod 
happily,  by  its  Difcoveries,  furnifhed  apt  Remedies 
for  this  purpofe;  and  the  great  Succefs  of  proper  and 
ft  Prefervatives  doth  irrefragably  plead  from  their 
Ufe. 

Care  in  the  fir  ft  place  muft  be  taken  to  free  the 
Body  from  fuperfluous  Humours,  which  may  be  a 
fit  Pomes  for  the  Peflilential  Ferment,  this  ought 
not  to  be  performed  by  violent  Catharticks,  but  gen- 
tle and  yet  effectual  de-obftru£fcing  Medicines,  and 
then  the  noble  Parts  muft  be  corroborated,  their 
Ferments  and  Ufe  maintained,  and  laftly,  the  B.ood 
kept  m  a  due  and  equal  Briskncfs ;  and  hereupon  all 
Paflions,  efpecially  Fear  and  Anger,  are  worthily 
cenfured  by  Phyficians,  as  conducing  much  to  the 
Introduction  of  the  Peft ;  a  moderate  and  wholfome 
Diet  muft  be  cautioufly  obferved,  and  no  Error  com- 
mitted in  the  other  things,  termed  non-natural  j  to 
conclude,  the  Society  of  infected  Perfons  is  carefully 
to  be  avoided  -,  for  certainly  it  is  an  high  Preemp- 
tion, 


andCureofthe  PLAGUE.        31 

tion,  that  becaufe  fome  Prefervatives  are  and  have 
been  effectual  to  fecure  fome  Perfons,  others  taking 
the  like  Antidotes,  fhould  thereupon  adventure  into 
the  utmoft  Danger. 

The  1'herapeutkk  Part. 

The  Therapeutick  Part  comes  next  in  order ;  but 
before  I  enter  upon  this  Subject,  if  the  Scruple  made 
by  fome,  whether  the  Peftilence  is  curable,  was  ground- 
ed either  on  Authority  or  Reafon,  I  would  endea- 
vour to  remove  it;  for  however  Medicines  do  prove 
alike  effectual  to  refcue  all  infected  Perfons  from  the 
Jaws  of  Death,  Mortality  amongft  People  denoting 
the  Plague;  yet  fince  that  by  God's  Bleffing,  and  the 
Care  and  Skill  of  experienced  Phyficians,  very  many 
recover,  thefe  living  Teflimonies  do  fufficiently  evi- 
dence the  Abfurdity  and  great  Impiety  of  that  Sug- 
geftion. 

Of  the  Intentions  of  Cure. 

In  relation  to  the  Cure  of  the  Plague,  all  the  In- 
tentions which  offer  themfelves  muft  be  diligently 
obferved,  and  truly  anfwered,  otherwife  no  better 
Account  can  be  given  of  Proceedings  than  what  is 
produced  by  ignorant  Nurfes,  or  our  pretended 
Chymifts.  So  foon  as  any  Perfon  finds  or  appre- 
hends himfelf  to  be  feized  by  the  Contagion,  (every 
little  Illnefs  in  Time  of  the  Plague  being  juftly  fuf- 
pected)  'tis  advifable  that  he  forthwith  do  betake 
himfelf  to  his  Bed  :  Befides,  when  the  Patient  is  in 
that  Condition,  Nature  may  more  certainly  fhew 
the  Ways  fhe  deflgns  to  expel  the  Malignity,  and  dif- 
covering  her  Deficiencies,  directs  the  Phyfician,  who 
is  always  intent  on  her  Motion,  to  fuccour  her  by 
his  Art  :  althd'  it  is  found  moft  convenient  that  the 
Patient  fecure  himfelf  in  his  Bed,  yet  'tis  not  allow- 
1  able 


5  z       The  (SJfe,  (progrefs,  Symptoms, 

able  that  he  fleep  until  a  Check  is  given  to  the  Vene- 
nolity  :  Indeed  fome  not  well  advifed  finding  them- 
felves  drowfy,  who  perhaps  were  feized  with  a  Stu- 
pidnefs  or  Dulnefs,  (igni Tying  the  word;  Quality  of 
the  Contagion,  committed  themfdves  to  Reft,  and 
little  thought  that  by  calling  in  the  Peflilential  Mat- 
ter from  the  Habit  of  the  Body,  and  fixing  it  in  the 
Brain ,  fuch  Sleep  was  only  preparative  to  their 
Death. 


The  Ufe  of  Bliftei 


s. 


If  then  any  find  themfelves  thus  difpofed,  they 
muft  be  kept  waking,  and  roufed  up  by  Veficacories : 
Their  Ufe,  Number  and  Places,  the  Phyfician  who 
is  called  in  will  advife :  If  the  Patient  vomits,  Judg- 
ment muft  be  truly  made  whether  the  Stomach  is 
clogged  and  loaded  with  undigefted  Meat  or  Fruit, 
or  ought  elfe  taken  unfeafonably  or  immoderately, 
that  may  burden  it,  and  become  a  fit  Fomes  for  the 
Pefi;  if  the  Stomach  fuffers  upon  this  account,  by 
Carduus  Polfet-drink  taken  in  a,  large  Quantity  with 
Oxymel  of  Squills,  not  afcending  much  higher,  it 
muft  be  disburdened  and  cleanfed ;  but  if  fuch  Vo- 
mitings are  only  fymptomatical,  as  indeed  moil 
were,  proper  Remedies  muft  be  directed  which  may 
flop  thofe  Inclinations  to  vomit,  and  expel  out  of 
the  Stomach  that  Peflilential  Matter  which  fo 
ftrongly  irritates,  reftoring  like  wife  the  Ferment  of 
the  Stomach,  much  weakened  and  injured  by  this 
means  ;  for  which  purpofe  I  cannot  too  much  com- 
mend the  Fixed  Salts  of  Wormwood,  Carduus,  Rue, 
Scordium,  Mafterwort,  &c.  If  like  wife  Symptoms 
appear  of  the  poifonous  Ferment  fixing  in  the  Bow- 
els, and  a  Flux  hereupon  happens,  it  is  not  fafe 
without  a  moft  urgent  Caufe  to  ufe  Catharticks,  left 
a  Dyfentery  enfue,  and  the  Peflilential  Matter   be 

drawn 


<tnd  Cure  of  the  PLAGUE.     33 

drawn  by  fuch  Evacuatioas  from  the  Circumference 
to  the  Center. 

The  chief  Intention  in  the  Cure. 

The  chief  Intention  in  the  Cure  confiding  in  an 
early  Expulfion  of  the  Malignity,  proper  Alexiphar- 
micks  did  moftly  contribute  to  this  End,  which,  by 
the  expert  Phyficians  Skill,  were  adapted  to  the 
Conftitution  and  prefent  Condition  of  the  Patient* 
their  Vertue  and  Power  perfectly  preventing  the 
great  Danger  threatened  by  delay,  or  the  ufe  of  in- 
sufficient Medicines  ;  for  altho'  in  the  Cure  of  other 
Difeafes  a  Progrefs  from  lower  to  higher  and  more 
prevalent  Proceffes  is  very  allowable,  yet  in  the  Peft, 
where  Occafion  muft  be  taken  by  the  Foretop,  the 
Slip  of  one  Opportunity  being  infinitely  difadvanta- 
geous,  all  true  Sons  of  Art  imployed  their  utmoft 
Abilities  to  fele&  moft  proper  Sudorificks, 
one  Dofe  of  which  might  provoke  a  feafonable  and 
effectual  Sweat,  whereby  the  Bood  and  Juices  of 
the  Body  were  depured  and  freed  from  that  Pefti- 
lential  Ferment  with  which  they  were  lately  im- 
bued ;  and  fince  that  this  Intention  was  chiefly  to 
be  obferved,  all  other  Dire&ions  having  refpecl:  un- 
to it,  Phyficians  were  hereupon  very  cautelous  left 
they  mould  by  any  means  either  divert  Nature  from 
this  Courfe,  or  prejudice  her  in  fuch  Defignments  : 
Hence  it  was  that  Phlebotomy  was  juftly  cenfured 
as  a  matter  of  dangerous  Confequence  in  the  Peft, 
by  which  the  Fermentation  of  the  Blood  was  abated, 
the  Spirits  took  flight,  and  Nature  became  fo  debi- 
litated, that  fhe  could  no  longer  combate  with  hct 
implacable  Adverfary. 


0/ 


34      Ihe  <Rlfey  Trogrefs,  Symptoms, 


of  Clyfl. 


ers. 


It  was  alfo  Matter  of  great  Deliberation  to  deter- 
mine, whether  in  fome  urgent  Cafes  Clyflers  might 
fafely  be  adminiftred,  left  the  Poifon  of  the  Diftem- 
per  (hall  take  downwards,  and  the  Diaphorefes  be 
thereby  interrupted  ;  of  fuch  high  Concernment  it 
was  to  maintain  a  conftant  and  free  Tranfpiration, 
which  every  fifth  or  fixth  Hour,  oftner  or  later,  as 
there  was  juft  Caufe,  was  to  be  forced  by  Repeti- 
tions of  Remedies,  mightily  promoting  its  expected 
Succefs  and  Benefit.  And  here  another  grand  Diffi- 
culty arifes,  whether  during  thefe  Sweats  it  is  con- 
venient to  nourifh  the  Patient  ?  Which  I  mail  thus 
refolve  :  If  by  reafon  of  fuch  Sweats  the  Patient  finds 
his  Condition  to  be  bettered,  his  Appetite  not  much 
dejected,  his  Thirft  abated,  and  the  Paroxifm  in 
declination,  as  alfo  his  Strength  near  fpent,  in  fuch 
a  Cafe  it  is  molt  advifable  that  the  Patient  be  often 
indulged  Chicken  Broth,  or  whatever  may  recruit 
all  Loffes  of  Spirits  in  the  Encounter,  and  by  this 
means  that  Perfon  being  refrefhed,  will  be  enabled 
to  undergo  cheerfully  the  fucceeding  Paroxifm,  and 
to  continue  his  Breathings;  but  if  all  Requifltes 
fhewing  the  neceflity  of  allowing  Nourifhment,  do 
not  concur, 'tis  far  better  to  abftain  from  this  Courfe, 
than  adventure  its  Inconveniences. 

Of  the  Duration  of  the  Sweating. 

The  Continuance  and  Length  of  fuch  Sweats  were 
rightly  meafured  by  the  Patient's  Relief  and  Suffici- 
ency of  Strength  to  bear  them  ;  but  unlefs  I  mould 
ftate  the  feveral  Cafes  which  happened  in  the  Peft, 
it  is  impoffible  that  full  Directions  can  be  given, 
efpecially  confidering  that  Applications  in  Medicine 
altogether  relate  to  Individuals ;    and  therefore  as 

there 


and  Cure  o/ffePLAGUE,      3  5 

there  is  a  Difference  in  the  fame  Difeafe  feizing  ma- 
ny Perfons,  fo  likewjfe  not  only  various  Methods 
of  Cure,  but  divers  Medicines  are  fubfervient  to 
that  End. 

Of  the  pretending  Chymifls. 

As  to  that  Part  of  your  Letter  wherein  you  defire 
Satisfaction  concerning  our  pretended  Chymifls,  I 
can  only  make  you  this  return  ;  that  the  People  are 
now  convinced  of  their  Defigns,  their  moft  admired 
Preparations  proving  altogether  unfuccefsful,  and 
their  Contrivances  being  chiefly  bent  upon  more  fe- 
cret  Ways,  and  a  fhorter  Cut  to  gain  Eftates,  their 
intituling  Medicines  by  ftrange  Names,  as  the  Quin- 
tefience  Anima  Mundi,  Oil  of  the  Heathen  Gods,^. 
and  requiring  three  Pounds  for  a  Dofe,  is  a  trifling 
and  flow  way  to  grow  rich  by,  when  as  an  Eftate 
may  be  gained  by  giving  one  little,  but  mofl  effe- 
ctual Draught. 

Thefe  fcandalous  Opppfers  of  the  College  are  now 
for  ever  filenced,  fince  that  fo  many  Members  of 
that  moil  honourable  Society  have  ventured  their 
Lives  in  fuch  hot  Service ;  their  Memory  will 
doubtlefs  furvive  Time,  who  died  in  the  Discharge 
of  their  Duty,  and  their  Reputation  flourifh,  who 
(by  God's  Providence)  efcaped. 

Worthy  Sir,  I  am 

May  $.     j  666. 
From  my  Houfe  Tour  mofl  faithful  Servant > 

in  IVatlin-ftreet. 

N.  Hodges.' 
F  ; 


D?<n 


NecelTary  Directions 

for  THE 

Prevention  and  Cure 

O  F    T  H  E 

PLAGUEin  1665. 

With  divers  Remedies  of  fmall  Charge, 
by  the  College  of  Phyficians. 


I.  DoBoys,  Chirurgecns  and  Apothecaries, 

H  E  Church- Orders  for  Prayers  being 
firft  obferved,  as  in  former  Times,  it 
might  be  defired,  that  by  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  City  there  be  appointed  fix 
or  four  Do&ors  at  leaft,  who  may  ap- 
ply themfelves  to  the  Cure  of  the  Infected,*  and  that 
thefe  Doctors  be  Stipendiaries  to  the  City  for  their 
Lives  ;  and  that  to  each  Doctor  there  be  afligned 
two  Apothecaries,  and  three  Chhurgepns,  who  are  alfo 
to  be  ftipended  by  the  City ;  that  fo  due  and  true 
Care  may  be  taken  in  all  things,  that  the  People 
perifh  not  without  Help,  and  that  the  Infection 
fpread  not,  while  none  take  particular  Care  to  refift 
it,  as  in  Paris,  Venice  and  Padua,  and  many  other 
Cities. 

And 


The  Advice  of  the  Tbjficians.  37 

And  if  any  Dodor,  Chirurgeon  or  Apothecary 
{Upended  by  the  City,  (hall  happen  to  die  in  the  fer- 
vice  of  the  Attendance  of  the  Plague,  then  their 
Widows  furviving  fhall  have  their  Penfioas  during 
their  Lives. 

II.  Prevention  of  propagating  the  Infection  from  place  to 

place. 


A 


S  the  Provifion  already  made  by  Authority,  upon 
occafion  of  prohibiting   Perfons    and    Goods 
coming  from  Foreign  Countries  and  Places  infected, 
to  be  landed  for  Forty  Days,   is  moil:  rational,  for 
preventing  the  bringing  in  of  the  Contagion  from  any 
fuch  Places;  fo  it  is  advifable,   that  fome  fuitable 
Provifion  be  made   in  relation  to  Perfons  within  the 
Kingdom,  who  may  remove  or  travel  from  Places 
much  infe&ed,  to  found  :  asy  That  none  might  tra- 
vel without  Certificate  of  Health;  That  Perfons  jaftly 
fufpe&ed  might  not  be  fuffered  to  enter  fuch  Places 
free  from  Infection,  but  fpeedily  fent  away,  or  kept 
in  fome  Houfe  or  Houfes  fet  apart  to  receive  fuch 
Perfons    (with   accommodation  of  Neceffaries)   for 
Forty  or  Thirty  Days  at  leaft,  till   their  Soundnefs 
might  appear  ;  and  that  any  Goods  coming  from  the 
like  Places  might  be   opened   and  aired,  before  re- 
ceived into  Houfes  free  and  clear. 

III.     Prevention    of    difperjing    the  Contagion     amongfi 
Perfons. 


I 


T  is  advifable,  That  all  needlefs  Concourfes  of 
People  be  prohibited ;  That  the  Poor  be  relieved 
and  fet  at  work,  and  Beggars  not  differed  to  go  a< 
bout ;  That  all  fale  of  corrupt  Provifion  for  Food  be 
reftrained;  That  Streets  and  Houfes  be  as  diligently 
and  carefully  as  may  be,  kept  clean  ;  The  Streets 
wafhed  and  cooled  as  much  as  may  be,  by  the  plen- 
tiful 


j  8  The  AdYtce  of  the  Tbyficians. 

tiful  running  of  the  Conduits  and  Water  otherwife 
procured. 

It  were  alfo  to  be  wifhed,  that  the  Slaughter- 
Houfes  were  utterly  put  from  out  the  Liberties  of 
the  City,  being  in  themfelves  very  ofTenfive  :  And 
that  Funnels  in  Church  Vaults  be  confidered  of,  and 
the  depth  of  Graves,  and  the  putting  of  Qiu'ck- 
Lime  into  them,  and  the  infe&ed  buried  without  the 
City 

IV.    To  be  cautelous  upon  any  Sufpicion. 

T  T  is  to  be  prefumed,  becaufe  every  one  defireth 
•*-  his  own  Liberty,  that  none  will  give  notice  of  any 
fufpicion  of  the  Plague  againfl '  themfelves ;  where- 
fore that  muft  be  the  Overfeers  care,  upon  any  notice 
or  fufpicion  of  Infe&ion,  by  the  help  of  the  Doctors, 
Chirurgeons,  Keepers  or  Searchers,  to  find  out  the 
Truth  thereof,  and  foto  proceed  accordingly,  but  not 
to  depend  upon  the  Teftimony  of  Women-Searchers 
alone. 

V.  Directions  for  the  Searchers. 

i  /T^H  e  y  are  to  take  notice,  whether  there  be  any 
-*■  Swellings,  Rifings,  or  Botch  under  the  Ear, 
about  the  Neck,  on  either  Side,  or  under  the  Arm- 
pits of  either  Side,  or  the  Groins,  and  of  its  Hard- 
nefs,  and  whether  broken  or  unbroken. 

2.  Whether  there  be  any  Biains  which  may  rife  in 
any  part  of  the  Body  in  the  form  of  a  Blifler,  much 
bigger  than  the  Small-Pox,  of  a  draw  Colour  or 
livid  Colour,  which  latter  is  the  worfer ;  either  of 
them  hath  a  reddifh  Circuit,  fomething  fwollen 
round  about  it,  which  Circuit  remains  after  the 
Blifler  is  broken,  encompafllng  the  Sore. 

3.  Whether  there  be  any  Carbuncle,  which  i§ 
fomething  like  the   Blain,  but  more  fiery  and  cor- 

rofive, 


Tl;e  AAvhe  of  the  Tbyficians*  3  9 

rofive,  eafily  eating  deep  into  the  Flefh,  and  fome- 
times  having  a  black  Cruft  upon  it,  but  always 
compared  about  with  a  very  fiery  red  (  or  livid  ) 
flat  and  hard  Tumour,  about  a  Finger's  breadth 
more  or  lefs  :  This  and  the  Blain  may  appear  in 
any  Part  of  the  Body. 

4.  Whether  there  be  any  Tokens,  which  are  Spots 
arifing  upon  the  Skin,  chiefly  about  the  Breaft  and 
Back,  but  fometimes  alfo  in  other  Parts  ;  their  Co- 
lour is  fomethiog  various,  fometimes  more  reddifh, 
fometimes  inclining  a  little  toward  a  faint  blue,  and 
fometimes  brownifh  mix'd  with  blue ;  the  red  ones 
have  often  a  purple  Circle  about  them,  the  brownifh, 
a  reddifh. 

5.  Whether  the  Neck  and  other  Limbs  are  rigid 
or  ftiff,  or  more  flexible  and  limber  than  in  other 
dead  Bodies. 

VI.  The  Care  to  be  taken  when  a  Houfe  is  vifited. 

IT*  HAT  upon  the  Difcovery  of  the  Infection  in 
-*■  any  Houfe,  there  be  prefently  Means  ufed  to 
preferve  the  Whole,  as  well  as  to  cure  the  Infected  : 
And  that  no  lick  Perfon  be  removed  out  of  any 
Houfe,  tho"  to  another  of  his  own,  without  Notice 
thereof  to  be  given  to  the  Overfeers,  and  to  be  by 
them  approved  :  Or  if  the  Whole  be  to  be  removed, 
that  Notice  be  given  to  the  Overfeers  of  their  Re- 
move ,*  and  that  Caution  be  given  that  they  mail  not 
wander  about  till  they  be  found. 

The  Houfe  that  is  known  to  be  infected,  tho' 
none  be  dead  therein,  to  be  fhut  up,  and  carefully 
kept  watched  by  more  trufty  Men  than  ordinary 
Wardens,  till  a  Time  after  the  Party  be  well  reco- 
vered, and  that  Time  to  be  forty  Days  at  the  leafr, 
or  rather  remove  them  all  immediately  to  the  Peft- 
houfes, 

VII.  Can- 


40        The  AdVice  of  the  Tbyficians. 

VII.  Caution  about  apparel  and  Houjhold-Stuff. 

-    o  Apparel  or  Houfhold  Stuff  be  removed* 

d  oat  of  the  infected  Houfe,  for  fix  Months 

Infection  is  ceafed  in  the  Houfe ;  and  that 

be  Brokers  and  inferior  Criers  for  Apparel  bere- 

|  m  that  behalf,  and  fnch  Apparel  or  Houf^ 

hoid-Stuff  to  be  aired  and  fumed. 

VIII.  Correction  of  the  Air, 

TPlres  made  in  the  Streets,  and  often  with  Stink- 
•**  Pots,  and  good  Fires  kept  in  and  about  the 
Houfes  of  fuca  as  are  vifited,  and  their  Neighbours 
may  correct  the  infectious  Air ;  as  alfo  frequent  dif- 
charging  of  Guns. 

Alfo  Fumes  of  thefe  following  Materials ;  Ro-1 
fin,  Pitch,  Tar,  Turpentine,  Frankincenfe,  Myrrhe* 
Amber;  the  Woods  of  Juniper,  Cyprefs,  Cedars  ; 
the  Leaves  of  Bays,  Rofemary;  to  which,  efpecial- 
ly  to  the  lefs  grateful  fcented,  may  be  added  fome- 
what  of  Labdanum,  Storaxy  Benzoin,  Lignum  Aloes  t 
One  or  more  of  thefe,  as  they  are  at  Hand,  or  may 
be  procured,  are  to  be  put  upon  Coals,  and  conta- 
ined with  the  leaft  Flame  that  may  be,  in  Rooms* 
Houfes,  Churches,  or  other  Places. 

Brimfione  burnt  plentifully  in  any  Room  or  Place, 
though  ill  to  be  endured  for  the  prefent,  may  effe- 
ctually correct  the  Air  for  the  future. 

Vapours  from  Vinegar  exhaled  in  any  Room* 
may  have  the  like  Efficacy  ;  efpecially  after  it  hath 
been  impregnated,  by  infufing  or  iteeping  in  it  any 
one  or  more  of  thefe  Ingredients  ;  Wormwood,  An- 
gelica, Mafterwort,  Bay-Leaves,  Rofemary,  Rue* 
Sage,  Scordium,  or  Water- Germander,  Valerium,  or 
Setwall-Root,  Zedoary,  Camphire.  To  which  Vi- 
negar alfo,  to  render  it  lefs  ungrateful,  may  be: 

added 


The  Advice  of  the  Tbyficians.  41 

added  Rofewater,to  a  fourth  or  third  Part :  Thefe  arc 
cooler,  and  fo  more  proper  for  hot  Seafons. 

The  Vapour  of  Vinegar  raifed  by  flaking  of  Lime 
in  it,  may  effectually  correct  the  Air  near  about  it. 

Take  Salt- Peter,  Amber,  Brimftone,  of  each  two 
farts,  of  Juniper  one  part ;  mix  them  in  a  Pow- 
der, put  thereof  upon  a  red  hot  Iron,  or  Coals,  a 
little  at  once. 

IX.  Perfuming  of  Apparel. 

'TpHis  alfo  may  preferve  from  Infection,  being 
**■  done  by  fome  of  the  more  grateful  of  the  dry 
Fumes  of  the  Gums,  &c.  before-mentioned  to  be 
burnt;  and  between  whiles  frequent  (hitting  and  air- 
ing of  Apparel  may  be,  efpecially  by  the  Fire,  or 
in  the  Sun,  the  more  effectual ;  this  to  be  done  the 
rather,  if  one  hath  come  in  Danger  of  Infection. 

X.  By  carrying  about  of  Perfumes. 

CUch  as  are  to  go  abroad,  (hall  do  well  to  carry 
^  Rue,  Angelica,  Mafterwort,  Myrrhe,  Scordi- 
um,  or  Water-germander,  Wormwood,  Valerian, 
or  Setwall-Rooc,  Virgi-iian-Snake-Rooc,  or  Zedoa- 
ry  in  their  Hands  to  fmell  to  •  and  of  thole  they 
may  hold  or  chew  a  little  in  their  Mouths  as  they 
go  in  the  Streets  ;  they  may  anoint  their  Noftrils 
with  Oil  of  Amber,  or  Ballam  of  Sulphur  ;  efpeci- 
ally if  they  be  afraid  of  any  Place  :  Fear,  as  well  as 
Prefumption,  being  hurtful. 

Take  Rue  one  handful,  (tamp  it  in  a  Mortar,  put 
thereto  Vinegar  enough  to  moilten  it,  mix  them 
well,  then  (train  Out  the  Juice,  wet  apiece  of  Spunge, 
or  a  Toait  of  brown  Bread  therein,  tie  it  in  a  thin 
Gloth,  bear  i:  about  to  fmell  to. 

Take  the  Root  of  Angelica  beaten  grofly,  the 
Weight  of  fix  Pence,  of  Rue,   and  Wormwood,  of 

G  each 


4&        T/;e  AdVice  of  tfo  Vhyficians. 

each  the  Weight  of  four  Pence,  Setwall  the  Weight 
of  three  Pence  ;  bruife  thefe,  then  fteep  them  in  a 
little  Wine- Vinegar,  tie  them  in  a  Linen  Cloth> 
which  they  may  carry  in  their  Hands,  or  put  it  into 
a  Juniper- Box  full  of  Holes  to  fmeil  to. 

XI.  Or  they  may  ufe  this  Pomander. 

*TpAke  Angelica,  Rue,  Zedoary,  of  each  half  a 
•  Dram,Myrrh  two  Drams,  Camphire  fix  Grains, 
Wax  and  Labdanum>  of  each  two  Drams,  more  or 
lefs,  as  (hall  be  thought  fit  to  mix  with  the  other 
Things ;  make  hereof  a  Ball  to  carry  about  you  ; 
you  may  eafily  make  a  Hole  in  it,  and  fo  wear  it  a- 
bout  your  Neck  with  a  String. 

XII.  The  richer  Sort  may  make  ufe  of  this  Vomander. 

'TpAke  Citron-Peels,  Angelica-Seeds,  Zedoary, 
■*•  Red-Rofe- Leaves,  of  each  f  half  a  Dram,  yel- 
low Saunders,  Lignum  Aloes,  of  each  one  Scruple, 
Gallia  Mofcbatts  four  Scruples,  Storax,  Benzoin,  of 
each  one  Dram,  Camphire  fix  Grains,  Lahdanum 
three  Drams,  Gum-Tragacanth  diffolved  in  Rofe- 
water,  enough  to  make  it  up  into  a  Pomander,  put 
thereto  fix  Drops  of  Spirit  of  Rofes,  inclofe  it  to  an 
Ivory -Box,  or  wear  it  about  your  Neck. 

XIII.  By  inward  Mediums. 

T  E  T  none  go  falling  forth  ;  every  one  according 
J-'  as  they  can  procure,  let  them  take  fome  fuch 
thing  as  may  refift  Putrefaction. 

Some  may  take  Garlick  with  Butter,  a  Clove,  two 
or  three,  according  as  it  mail  agree  with  their  Bo- 
dies; fome  may  take  falling,  fome  of  the  Ele&uary 
with  Figs  and  Rue  hereafter  expreffed  :  Some  may 
ufe  £o»<foB-Treacle,  the  Weight  of  eight  Pence  in  the 

Morning 


The  AdVice  of  the  Tbyftcians.  4  3 

Morning,  taking  more  or  lefs,  according  to  the  age 
of  the  party  ;  after  one  Hour  let  them  eat  fome  o- 
ther  Breakfaft,  as  Bread  and  Butter  with  fome  Leaves 
of  Rue,  or  Sage  moiftned  with  Vinegar,  and  in  the 
heat  of  Summer,  of  Sorrel  or  Wood- Sorrel. 

Pure  Water  with  fo  much  Salt  as  may  be  but 
tailed,  or  well  born  ;  or  with  Flour  of  Brimftone,  or 
common  Brimftone  boiled  in  it,  an  ounce  in  three 
Pints,  to  a  Quart ;  a  draught  being  taken  every 
Morning,  hath  proved  effectual  and  fuccefsful. 

i^dP*  On  this  Plague  Water,  Dr. Hodges  in  his  Loimo- 
logia  obferves ;  That  it  is  to  be  taken  notice,  that  in 
the  Cure  of  a  Veflilence,  the  Medicinal  terms  are  not 
to  be  pompoufly  contrived  with  a  long  Catalogue  of 
Ingredients,  but  carefully  adapted  in  every  refpeft 
to  the  Circumftances  and  Exigencies  of  the  Infe&ed, 
It  is  alfo  to  be  obferved,  that  this  Water  is  by  no 
means  indifferently  to  be  given  to  all,  or  to  every  one. 
in  the  fame  manner  ♦  as  for  inftance,  not  at  all  to 
Women  under  their  Menftrual  Purgations,  leaft  it 
mould  provoke  them  to  flow  too  immoderately  ;  nor 
is  it  to  be  allowed  to  Women  with  Child,  for  fear 
of  Mifcarriage. 

To  fteep  Rue,  Wormwood  or  Sage  all  Night  in 
their  Drink,  and  to  drink  a  good  Draught  in  the 
Morning  fading,  is  very  wholefom  ,  or  to  drink  £ 
Draught  of  fuch  Drink,  after  the  taking  of  any  of 
the  Prefervatives,  will  be  very  good. 

Take  of  Sage  bruifed  well,  two  Handfuls,  of 
Wormwood  one  Handful,  of  Rue  half  a  Handful  ; 
put  them  into  a  Jugg  of  four  Quarts,  put  to  them  of 
mild  Beer  ready  to  Drink  four  Quarts ;  in  the 
Morning,  let  every  one  of  the  Family  drink  a 
Draught  of  it  fading  together,  eating  after  it  Bread 
and  Butter. 

a  G  1 


44        Tfo  Advice  of  the  Vbyficians. 

Take  of  the  Roots  of  Petajitis,  or  Butterbur  fix 
Ounces,  Roots  of  Elecampane,  Mafterwort  and  An- 
gelica, of  each  an  Ounce  and  half,  Leaves  of  Mea- 
dow-fweet,  Scordium,  Bawm,  of  each  two  Handfuls, 
Rue  and  Wormwood,  of  each  ,one  Handful,  Citron 
(or  Limon)  Peel,  Nutmeg,  of  each  half  an  Ounce, 
of  Juniper-berries  ripe  and  pulpey,  two  Ounces,  of 
Carduus  Seed,  one.  Ounce  :  All  duly  prepared  by 
cutting  and  bruifing,  are  to  be  mixed  and  put  into  a 
Bag,  to  infufe  in  fix  Gallons  of  Ale  or  Beer,  whereof 
may  be  drunk  a  Draught  every  Morning  and  Even- 
ing ;  and  at  Meals  it  may  be  mingled  with  ordinary 
Beer. 

Take  of  the  Conferve  of  Wood-Sorrel  two  Ounces, 
of  Diafcordium  two  Drams,  of  the  Flour  of  Brim- 
flone  very  finely  ground  one  Dram,  of  Saffron  three 
Grains,  of  Syrup  of  Wood-Sorrel,  as  much  as  is  fuffi- 
cient  to  make  an  Electuary  :  For  prevention,  take  a 
Dram  every  Morning  failing,  during  the  imminent 
danger:  Let  the  Party  drink  after  it  a  Draught  of 
Whitewine  Poffet,  with  a  Spoonful  and  half  of  the 
'Plague  Water  in  it  in  Bed,  or  of  this  Water  fol- 
lowing. 

Take  of  Angelica,  Carduus  BcnediElus,  Sage,  Scor- 
diumy  Petafitisy  or  Butterburr,  Baum,  and  Plantain,  of 
each  four  Handfuls,  of  Setwall  and  Borage,  of  each 
two  Handfuls,  of  Mint  one  Handful,  of  Whitewine 
two  Quarts ;  diftil  them  in  a  cold  Still,  and  preferve 
the  Water  for  ufe. 

XIV.  The  Piague  Water  of  Matthias,  pr,  Aqua  Epi- 
demica. 

*~p  A  k  e  the  Roots  of  Tormentil,  Angelica,  Peony; 
-*■  £edoary,  Liquorifh,  Elecampane,  of  eaeh  half 
an  Ounce,  the  Leaves  of  Sage,  Scordiumy  Celandine, 
Rue,  Rofemary,  Wormwood,  Ros  Solis,  Mugwort, 
Burnet,  Dragons,  Scabipus^  Agrintonj,  Baum,  Car- 

dttus^ 


7k  Jdvke  of  the  Thyjiciam*         45 

duns,  Betony,  Centery  the  Lefs,  Marygolds  Leaves 
and  Flowers,  of  each  one  handful  ;  let  them  all  be 
cut,  bruifed,  and  infufed  three  Days  in  eight  Pints 
of  Whitewine  in  the  Month  of  Mayy  and  diftilled. 

Take  of  Z.W0/2- Treacle  two  Ounces,  of  Conferve 
of  Wood  Sorrel  three  Ounces,  of  the  temperate  Cor- 
dial Species  half  an  Ounce,  of  Syrup  of  Limons  e- 
nough  to  make  all  an  Electuary  :  Of  this  may  be 
taken  a  Dram  and  half  for  Prevention,  and  the  dou- 
ble Quantity  for  Cure. 

Steep  Juniper-Berries  in  Vinegar  for  a  Night,  let 
the  Vinegar  be  exhaled  off,-  eat  thereof  at  plea- 
fure. 

An  Electuary  of  Bole-Armeniack,  as  much  as  you 
pleafe ;  or  of  the  Powders  whereof  the  Treacle  Din- 
tefferon  is  made,  mixed  up  with  Syrup  of  Vinegar  • 
or  an  Eleftuary  of  Zedoary,  with  Syrup  of  Limons, 
are  eafily  made>#  and  very  effectual,  being  taken  as 
the  former. 

In  all  Summer  Plagues  it  mall  be  good  to  ufe  Sor- 
rel Sawce  to  be  eaten  in  the  Morning  with  Bread, 
and  in  the  Fall  of  the  Leaf  to  ufe  the  Juice  of  Bar- 
beries- with  Bread  alfo. 

XV.    Or  this  will  be  effectual  alfo. 

npAke  twenty  Walnuts,  pill  them,  Figs  fifteen, 
•*-  Rue  a  good  handful,  Tormentil  Roots  three 
Drams,  Bole-Armoniack  a  Dram  and  a  half.  Firft 
ftamp  your  Roots,  then  your  Figs  and  Seeds,  then 
add  your  Walnuts,  then  put  to  your  Rue  and  Bole; 
and  with  them  put  thereto  fix  Drams  of  London- 
Treacle,  and  two  or  three  Spoonfuls  of  Wine  Vine- 
gar, mix  them  well  in  a  Stone  Mortar,  and  take  of 
this  every  Morning  the  quantity  of  a  good  Nutmeg 
failing ;  They  that  have  caufe  to  go  much  abroad, 
may  take  as  much  more  in  the  Evening  two  Hours 
frefore  Supper, 

Take 


4  6          The  AdVtce  of  the  tpbyficians. 

Take  of  Figs  Half  a  Pound,  of  Walnut  Kernels 
two  Ounces,  of  dried  Rue-Leaves  one  Ounce,  of 
Salt  Half  an  Ounce,  of  the  Root  of  Petafitis  fix 
Drams,  Contrayerva  Root,  Virginian  Snake-root,  Salt 
of  Prunella,  of  each  a  Dram  and  half,  of  Zedoary 
a  Dram,  of  Sugar  diffolved  in  Vinegar  to  a  Syrup, 
enough  to  make  all  into  an  Electuary. 

Hereof  may  be  taken  a  Dram,  or  the  Quantity 
of  a  Nutmeg  every  Morning  and  Evening. 

XVI.    For  Women  with  Child,  Children,  and  fuch  as 
cannot  take  Bitter  Things,  life  this. 

'"pAke  Conferve  of  Red  Rofes,  Conferve  of  Wood 
■*■  Sorrel,  of  each  two  Ounces,  Conferves  of  Bo- 
rage, of  Sage  Flowers,  of  each  fix  Drams,  Bole- 
Armoniack,  Shavings  of  Harts-horn,  Sorrel  Seeds, 
of  each  two  Drams,  yellow  or  wh^jte  Saunders  half 
a  Dram,  Saffron  one  Scruple,  Syrup  of  Wood  Sorrel, 
enough  to  make  it  a  moift  Electuary ;  mix  them  well, 
take  fo  much  as  a  Chefnut  at  a  time,  once  or  twice 
a  Day,  as  you  fhall  find  Caufe. 

XVII.    For  the  Richer  Sort. 

T^Ake  the  Shavings  of  Harts-horn,  of  Pearl,  of 
•*-  Coral,  of  Tormentii  Roots,  Zedoary,  true 
'Terra  Sigillata,  of  each  one  Dram,  Citron  Pills,  yel- 
low, white  and  red  Saunders,  of  each  half  a  Dram, 
white  Amber,  Hyacinth  Stone  prepared,  of  each 
two  Scruples,  Bezoar  Stone  of  the  Eaft,  Unicorns- 
horn,  of  each  four  and  twenty  Grains,  Citron  and 
Orange  Peels  candied,  of  each  three  Drams,  Lignum 
Aloes  one  Scruple,  white  Sugar-candy  twice  the 
Weight  of  all  the  reft ;  mix  them  well,  being  made 
into  a  Dredge  Powder.  Take  the  Weight  of  Twelve- 
pence  at  a  time  every  Morning  fafting,  and  alfo  in 

the 


The  Advice  of  the  Phyficians.         47 

the  Evening  about  Five  a  Clock,  or  an  Hour  before 
Supper. 

With  thefe  Powders  and  Sugar  there  may  be  made 
Lozenges,  or  Manw>  Chrifti's,  and  with  convenient 
Conferves  they  may  be  made  into  Electuaries.  All 
which,  and  many  more  for  their  Health,  they  may 
have  by  the  Advice  and  Directions  of  their  own  Phy- 
ficians :  or,  as  we  hope,  Phyficians  will  not  be  want- 
ing to  direct  them  as  they  may  have  need,  to  the 
Poor  for  Charity  fake. 

They  may  alfo  ufe  Bezoar-water,  or  Treacle-water 
diftilled,  compounded  by  the  Phyficians  of  London, 
and  known  by  the  name  of  Aqua  Tberiacalis  Stillati- 
tiay  which  they  may  ufe  fimply ;  or  they  may  mix 
them  alfo  with  all  their  Antidotes,  as  occafion  fhall 
require. 

Take  of  Ambergreafe  a  Scruple,  diflblve  it  in  four 
Ounces  of  the  beft  Spirit  of  Sack  ;  take  hereof  every 
Morning  a  Scruple,  with  Crumbs  of  White  Bread 
and  Sugar  of  Rofes*  Balfam  of  Sulphur  to  four  or 
five  Drops,  or  Elixir  Proprietatis  to  twenty  or  thirty 
Drops,  in  Wine,  or  Water  and  Sugar,  may  be  effe- 
ftual. 

The  ufe  of  ZWo/z-Treacle  is  good,  both  to  pre- 
ferve  from  the  Sicknefs,  as  alfo  to  cure  the  Sick,  be- 
ing taken  upon  the  firff  Apprehenfion  in  a  greater 
Quantity,  as  to  a  Man  two  Drams,  but  lefs  to  a 
weak  Body,  or  a  Child,  in  Carduus  or  Dragon- 
water. 

Take  of  the  fineft  clear  Aloes  you  can  buy,  of 
Cinnamon,  of  Myrrh,  of  each  of  thefe  the  Weight 
of  three  French  Crowns,  or  of  Two  and  twenty  Pence 
of  our  Money,  of  Cloves,  Mace,  Lignum  Aloes,  of 
Maftick,  of  Bole  Oriental,  of  each  of  thefe  half  an 
Ounce  ;  mingle  them  together,  and  hwat  them  into 
a  very  fine  Powder,  of  the  which  take  every  Morn- 
ing falling  the  Weight  of  a  Groat  in  Whitewine  de- 
luyed  with  Water. 

Take 


48         The  AdYice  of  the  Thyjiciam. 

Take  the  Powder  of  Tormentil^  the  Weight  of 
Six-pence,  with  sorrel  or  Scabious  Water  in  Sum- 
mer, and  in  the  Winter  with  the  Water  of  Valerian, 
or  common  Drink,  wherein  hath  been  infufed  the 
fore-named  Herbs. 

Or  elfe,  in  one  Day  they  may  take  a  little  Worrri- 
wood  and  Valerian,  with  a  Grain  of  Salt;  in  ano- 
ther Day  they  may  take  feven  or  eight  Berries  of  Ju- 
niper dried,  and  put  in  Powder,  and  taking  the  fame 
with  common  Drink,  or  with  Drink  in  which  Worm- 
wood and  Rue  hath  been  fteeped  all  Night. 

Alfo  the  Treacle  called  Diatejfaron,  which  is  made 
but  of  four  Things,  of  light  Price,  eafy  to  be  had  : 
The  Ingredients  are,  Gentian,  Bay-Berries,  Myrrh* 
and  Ariftolochia  the  round,  in  equal  Proportion,  made 
into  an  Electuary  with  three  times  the  Weight  of 
Honey. 

Alfo  the  Root  of  Elicampane  taken  in  Powdet 
with  Drink. 

Likewife  a  piece  of  Orris  Root  kept  in  the  Mouth 
as  Men  pafs  in  the  Streets. 

Take  fix  Leaves  of  Sorrel,  warn  them  with  Wa- 
ter and  Vinegar,  let  them  lie  in  the  faid  Water  and 
Vinegar  a  while,  then  eat  them  falling,  and  keep 
in  your  Mouth  and  chew  now  and  then  either  Set- 
wall,  or  the  Root  of  Angelica,  or  a  little  Cinamon, 
or  four  Grains  of  Myrrh,  or  fo  much  of  Rattle-fnake 
Root :  Goats  Rue  may  be  eaten  in  Salads,  or  the 
Juice  or  Deco&ion  thereof  in  Broth  or  Poflet-drinkj 
may  be  fo  ufed  to  very  good  purpofe. 

XVIII.  IJfuis. 

CUch  as  are  tied  to  neceffary  Attendance  on  the 
•    Infe&ed,  as  alfo  fuch  as' live  in  Vifited  Houfes, 
fliall  do  well  to  caufe  Iflues  to  be  made  in  their  Arms 
or  Legs,  or  both,  as  the  Phyfician  fliall  think  fit. 

XIX.  Bleed- 


Tl)e  AdVice  of  the  Tbyjicians.  49 

XIX.  Bleeding,  Purging,  Vomiting, 

/"T"*Hefe  three  great  Remedies  rarely  have  place  in 
-*•  the  Plague,  but  are  generally  dangerous,  (and 
moft  of  all,  Purging  by  any  ftrong  Medicines)  and 
therefore  not  to  be  ufed  but  upon  forne  extraordinary 
urgent,  indicant,  or  juft  Occafion,  and  with  the 
greateft  Caution,  which  only  an  able  Phyiician  can 
judge  of ;  and  therefore,  no  Advice  in  general  can 
be  given  ;  only  it  any  Perfon  be  taken  lick  upon  a 
full  Stomach,  from  eating  lately  before,  or  Meat 
undigefted  ;  it  is  advifable  thatfuch  Perfon  difchargc 
or  get  the  Stomach  emptied  with  all  fpeed,  by  a 
large  quantity  of  Carduus,  or  plain  PofTet  Drink,  or 
warmWater,  provoking  by  a  Feather  or  Finger  in  the  . 
Throat  as  is  ufual :  And  when  need  requires,  to 
open  or  keep  foluble  the  Body,  the  Pills  of  Rufus^ 
commonly  called  Peflilential  Pills,  are  the  beft  and 
mod  proper  to  be  ufed. 

XX.  Medicines  expulfive. 

>HpHe  Poifon  is  expelled  beft  by  Sweating,  prove- 
-*•  ked  by  PolTet-Ale,  made  with  Fennel  and  Ma- 
rygolds  in  Winter,  and  with  Sorrel,  Buglofs.  and 
Borage  in  Summer  j  with  the  which  in  both  Times 
they  muft  mingle  London- Treacle,  the  Weight  of 
two  Drams,  and  fo  lay  themfeives  with  all  Quiet- 
nefs  to  Sweat. 

For  thofe  that  are  able  to  bear  it,  this  Courfe  is 
effectual,  and  hath  proved  fuccefsful  :  Let  the  Par- 
ty take  a  large  Dofe  of  any  of  tnefe  Cordials  that 
is  next  .it  hand,  that  is  to  fay,  of  London- ■  I  reacle, 
or  Diafcordiuiri,  of  either  half  an  Ounce,  orofMe- 
thridate  a  quarter  of  an  Ounce,  or  of  Fenice-Trea- 
de  half  a  quarter,  or  a  quarter  of  an  Ounce  at  moft, 
in  a  Draught  of  Poflet-Drink  made  with  Whitewine, 

H  or 


5  o       Tfye  Mvke  of  the  Thyficians. 

M^yjpagar  ;  then  Jet  him  be  put  to  Bed  to  Sweat, 
well  coveredx$farBlanket,  without  his  Shirt,  for  24 
r^oujp  j^Jg^nixth  Hour  renewing  his  Cordial,  but 
^Irr^m^trTe  quantity  formerly  directed  ;  between 
whiles  refrefhing  him  with  PoiTet-Drink,  Oatmeal- 
Caudle,  or  thin  Broths  made  Gellywife,  or  Harts- 
horn Gelly. 

If  the  Perfon  be  unapt  to  fweat,  lay  two  or  three 
Bricks  quenched  in  Vinegar,  wrapped  up  in  a  Wool- 
len Cloth,  to  his  Body,  to  promote  it. 

At  the  fame  time  that  he  applieth  himfelf  to  fweat, 
he  muft  apply  Blifters  to  the  Parts  of  his  Body,  as  is 
elfe where  directed  ;  or  Setons  with  Briony,  Helle- 
bore, or  Setterwort-Roots,  doth  exceeding  well  on 
the  fame  Occafion. 

Take  of  Angelica-Root  two  Ounces,  of  Tor- 
mentil-Root  an  Ounce  and  half,  make  a  Deco&ion 
in  two  Pints  of  Water  to  a  Pint  and  half,  add  three 
Ounces  of  Juice  of  Limon,  or  an  Ounce  and  half 
of  Vinegar  ;  let  the  Sick  drink  a  Draught  as  he  can 
bear,  and  repeat  it  at  two  or  three  Hours  Diflance. 

Take  of  Mithridate  to  the  quantity  of  two  Drams, 
or  of  IcWotf-Treacle,  or  of  Diafcotdium  to  three 
Drams,  or  of  Venice  -Treacle  to  a  Dram  and  half  ; 
diffolve  either  of  them  in  a  quarter  of  a  Pint  of  Vi- 
negar, and  drink  it. 

Take  of£Wce-Treaclea  Dram,  Diafcordium  two 
Scruples,  Salt  of  Wormwood,  Crabs-eyes,  of  each 
a  Scruple,  Treacle- Water  an  Ounce  and  half,  Juice 
otLimons,  or  Vinegar,  two  Ounces,  for  one  Dofe. 

For  the  Cure  of  the  Infected  upon  the  firfl:  Appre- 
henfion,  Bur-Seeds,  Cochinele,  Powder  of  Harts- 
horn, Citron-Seeds,  one  or  more  of  them,  with  a 
few  Grains  of  Camphire,  are  good  to  be  given  in 
Carduus  or  Dragon- Water,  or  with  fome  Trcacle- 
.Water. 

Take 


The  Advice  of  the  Tbyficians.  5 1 

Take  of  Whitewine- Vinegar  from  half  a  quarter 
to  a  quarter  of  a  Pint,  mixed  with  Salt,  from  twen- 
ty Grains  to  forty  ;  drink  it  warm,  and  fweat  upon 
it  :  Or  take  the  Juice  of  freih  Cow-Dung,  drained 
with  Vinegar,  from  three  Spoonfuls  to  feven. 

XXI.  Avicen'/    Medicine. 

rT,Ake  of  Bole-Armeniack  a  Dram,  of  Juice  of  O- 
rangc  half  an  Ounce,  of  Whitewine  an  Ounce, 
of  Red-rofe  Water  two  ounces  ,•  mix  them,  and 
give  it  as  foon  as  the  Party  fufpe&s  the  Difeafe ;  if 
it  be  vomited,  repeat  it  again ;  if  vomited  again, 
repeat  it  the  fecond  time. 

Take  of  Burr-Seeds  half  a  Dram,  of  Cochinele 
half  a  Scruple,  of  Camphire  five  Grains ;  mix  thefe 
with  two  Ounces  of  Carduus,  or  Dragon-Water, 
half  an  Ounce  of  Treacle-Water,  Syrup  of  Wood- 
forrel  a  Spoonful  ;  mix  thefe,  give  it  the  Patient 
warm,  cover  him  to  fweat ;  you  may  give  him  a  fe- 
1  cond  Draught  after  twelve  Hours  ;  let  him  drink  no 
I  cold  Drink  :  This  Poffet-Drink,  or  the  like,  will  be 
good  to  give  the  Vifited  liberally. 

Take  Citron-Seeds,  fix  or  eight,  Shavings  of 
Hartfhorn  half  a  Dram,  London-Treacle  one  Dram; 
mix  them  with  two  Ounces  of  Carduus-Water,  or 
with  three  Ounces  of  the  prefcribed  Poffet-Drink  ; 
drink  it  warm,  and  fo  lie  to  fweat. 

Take  Sorrel-Water,  five  or  fix  Spoonfuls,  Trea- 
cle-Water one  Spoonful,  lo/^o/z-Treacle  one  Dram 
md  a  half;  mix  them  well,  give  it  warm,  and  fo 
ay  the  Patient  to  fweat. 

Take  Tormentil,  and  Celandine  Roots,  of  each 
our  Ounces,  Scabious  and  Rue,  of  each  one  Hand- 
ul  and  a  half,  Whitewine- Vinegar  three  Pints ;  boil 
hefe  till  one  Pint  be  waited,  ftrain  out  the  Liquor, 
vhich  referve  for  the  ufe  of  the  Infe&ed :  Let  it  be 
aken  thus  : 
?  H  2  Take 


5  2        The  Advice  of  the  fhyficians. 

Take  of  this  Liquor,  and  of  Card uus- Water,  of 
each  one  Oance  and  an  half,  LoWo/z-Treacle  one 
Dram  and  an  half,  Bole-Armeniack  half  a  Scruple, 
put  thereto  a  little  Sugar  ;  mix  them  well,  let  the 
Party  drink  it  warm,  and  cover  him  to  fweat. 

XXII.  In  Summer  this  is  good. 

'TAkethe  Juice  of  Wood-Sorrel  two  Ounces,  the 
Juice  of  Limons  one  Ounce,  Diafcordium  one 
Dram,  Cmamon  fix  Grains,  Vinegar  half  an  Ounce  ; 
give  it  warm,  and  lay  the  fick  Party  to  fweat ;  ufe 
this  in  cafe  of  Fluxes  of  the  Belly,  or  want  of  Reft. 

Take  of  Treacle  of  Andrcmachus,  or  Venice-Titi- 
cle,  from  half  a  Dram  to  a  Dram  ;  or  of  Eletluari- 
um  de  OvOy  from  a  Scruple  to  half  a  Dram,  in  warm 
Poflet-Ale,  as  foon  as  you  fufpect  your  felf  infected, 
going  to  Bed,  and  fweating  upon  it. 

Take  of  the  Roots  of  Butter-burr,  the  inner  Bark 
of  Afh,  of  each  a  Pound ;  Rue,  Scordium,  Ange- 
lica, Meadow-Sweet,  Dragons,  Carduus,  of  each 
three  Handfuls  ,•  Whitewine  and  Vinegar,  of  each 
two  Qui  arts  ;  let  them  infufe  for  a  Day  or  two,  and 
after  be  diftilled  ;  adding  to  the  reft""  (i(  to  be  had) 
fix  Handfuls  of  the  green  Rinds  of  Walnuts :  Let  the 
Water  be  fweetned  with  the  Syrup  of  Wood-Sorrel, 
adding  to  two  Quarts  half  a  Dram  of  Camphire, 
and  three  Drams  of  Spirit  of  Sulphur  :  This  Water 
may  be  given  from  two  Ounces  to  four. 

Take  of  the  Roots  of  Butter- burr  eight  Ounces  5 
let  them  be  infufed  in  a  Gallon  of  Ale  for  four  and 
twenty  Hours,  and  then  diftilled  in  a  Limbick  ;  add 
to  the  diftilled  Water  fix  Pints  of  a  ftrong  Decocti- 
on of  Carduus ;  and  in  thefe  Liquors  infufe  Roots 
of  Burer-burr,  Mafterwort,  Angelica,  Valerian,  off 
each  fix  Ounces,  Elecampane-Root  an  Ounce] 
Leaves  of  Scordium,  Bawm,  of  each  three  Handfuls,. 
of  Juniper-Berries  half  an  Ounce  :  After  four  anc 

twenty 


Tk  Achnce  of  the  Tbyficians.         5  5 

twenty  Hours  infufing  in  a  Bath  or  hot  Water,  make 
a  fecond  Diitillation.  Qt  this  Water  may  be  given 
three  or  tour  Ounces  with  warm  Poflet  Ale. 

Take  of  the  Root  Butterbur^  otherwife  called 
Peftilent-wort.  one  Ounce,  of  the  Root  of  Great- 
Valerian  a  quarter  of  an  Ounce,  of  Sorrel  an  Hand- 
ful ;  boil  all  thefe  in  a  Quart  of  Water  to  a  Pint, 
then  drain  it,  and  put  thereto  two  Spoonfuls  of 
Vinegar,  and  diflblve  in  it  two  Ounces  of  good 
Sugar  :  Let  the  Infected  drink  of  this,  fo  hot  as  he 
may  differ  it,  a  good  Draught,  and  if  he  chance  to 
caff  it  up  again,  let  him  take  the  fame  quantity 
ftraitway  upon  it,  and  provoke  himfelf  to  fweat. 

Take  of  the  Powder  of  good  Bay-Berries,  the 
Husk  taken  away  from  them  before  they  be  dried, 
or  of  Ivy-Berries  well  dried,  a  Spoonful ;  let  the  Pa- 
tient drink  this  well  mingled  in  a  Draught  of  good 
dale  Ale  or  Beer,  or  with  a  Draught  of  Whitewine, 
and  go  to  Bed,  and  call  himfelf  into  a  Sweat,  and 
forbear  Sleep. 

Take  the  inward  Bark  of  the  Afh  Tree  one  Pound, 
of  Walnuts  with    the  Green  outward  Shells,  to  the 
Number  o£  Fifty,  cut  thefe  fmall  ;  of  Scabious,  of 
Vervin,  oreach  a  Handful,   of  Saffron  two  Drams, 
pour  upon  thefe  the  ftrongeft  Vinegar  you  can  get, 
four  Pints,   let  them  a  little  boil   together    upon   a 
very  foft  Fire,  and  then  ftand  in  a  very  clofe  Pot, 
well  flopt  all  Night  upon  the  Embers,    after  diftil 
them  with  a  foft  Fire,  and  receive  the  Water  clofe 
kept.     Give  unto  the  Patient  laid  in  Bed  and  well 
covered  with  Cloaths,  two  Ounces  of  this  Water  to 
drink,   and  let  him   be  provoked    to  Sweat  •    and 
every  eight   Hours  (during  the  fpace  of  four  and 
twenty  Hours)  give  him  the  fame  quantity  to  drink. 
Care  mud  be  taken  in  the  ufe  of  thefe  Sweating 
Cordials,    that  the  Party   infe&ed,  fweat  two   or 
three  Hours,  or    rather  much  longer,   if  he  have 
Strength,  and  deep  not  till  the  Sweat  be  over,   and 
2  that 


j  4  7be  Advice  of  the  (Pkyjicians. 

that  he  have  been  well  wiped  with  warm  Linnen, 
and  when  ne  hath  been  dried,  let  him  wafh  his 
Mouth  with  Water  and  Vinegar  warm,  and  let  his 
Face  and  Hands  be  wafhed  with  the  fame.  When 
thefe  tilings  are  done,  give  him  a  good  Draught  of 
Bioth  iruue  with  Ch.cken  or  Mutton,  with  Rofema- 
ry,  Th)  me,  Sorrel,  Succory  and  Marygolds ;  or  elfe 
Water- Giewei,  with  Rofemary  and  Winter- Savory 
or  Tnyme,  Panado  feafoned  with  Verjuice,  or  Juice 
of  Wood-Sorrel  :  For  their  Drink,  let  it  be  Small 
Beer  warmed,  with  a  Toaft,  or  Water  boiled  with 
Carraway-Seed,  Carduus-Seed,  and  a  Cruft  of  Bread, 
or  fuch  PoiTet- Drink  as  is  mentioned  before  in  the 
fecond  Medicine  ;  after  fome  Nutriment,  let  them 
deep  or  reft,  often  warning  their  Mouth  with  Water 
and  Vinegar. 

Thefe  Cordials  muft  be  repeated  once  in  eight, 
ten,  or  twelve  Hours  at  the  furtheft. 

If  the  Party  infected,  Vomit  up  his  Medicine,  then 
repeat  it  prefently. 

XXIII.  Medicines  External. 

\7  Esicatories  applied  behind  the  Ears,  about 
*     the  Wrifts,  near  the  Arm-pits,  on  the  infide  of 
the  Thighs,  and  near  the  Groins,   will  draw  forth 
the  Venom. 

For  the  Swelling  under  the  Ears,  Armpits,  or  in 
the  Groins,  they  mufl  be  always  drawn  forth  and 
ripened,  and  broke  with  allfpeed. 

Thefe  Tumours,  and  much  more  the  Carbuncles 
and  B'ains,  do  require  the  care  and  skill  of  the  ex- 
pert Chirurgeon  :  but  not  to  leave  the  poorer  Sort  de- 
flitute  of  good  Remedies,  thefe  following  are  very 
good. 

Pull  off  the  Feathers  from  the  Tails  of  living 
Cocks,  Hens,  Pigeons  or  Chickens,  and  holding 
their  Bills,  hold  them  hard  to  the  Botch  or  Swelling, 

and 


Tte  advice  of  the  (Phyftcians.  5  5 

and  fo  keep  them  at  that  Part  until  they  die ;  and  by 
this  means  draw  out  the  Poifon.  It  is  good  to  ap- 
ply a  Cupping-  Glafs,  or  Embers  in  a  Difb,  with  2 
handful  of  Sorrel  upon  the  Embers. 

XXIV.  To  break  theTumour. 

/T^  A  k  e  a  great  Onion,  hollow  it,  put  into  it  a 
■*■  Fig,  Rue  cut  fmall,  and  a  Dram  of  Venice- 
Treacle,  put  it  clofe  flopt  in  a  wet  Paper,  and  roaft 
it  in  the  Embers  ;  apply  it  hot  unto  the  Tumour,  lay 
three  or  four,  one  after  another,  let  one  lie  three 
hours. 

Or  it  may  be  better  to  roll  the  Onion  and  Fig 
apart,  the  Onion  being  kept  whole,  and  then,  that 
all  be  beaten  and  mixed  together. 

Take  Roots  of  white  Lillies,  Figs,  Leeks  roafted, 
of  each  an  Ounce,  of  Lime-Seed  half  an  Ounce,  let 
them  be  beat  together  in  a  Mortar,  and  mixed  with 
fix  Drams  of  old  four  Leaven,  adding  as  muchOil  of 
Lillies  as  may  give  a  due  Confidence  :  Let  it  be  ap- 
plied to  the  Tumour  till  it  ripen  and  break  •  which 
laft,  if  it  do  not  in  a  long  time,  it  may  be  opened 
by  Incifion,  or  a  Cauftick,  applied  upon,  or  a  little 
below  it. 

Scabious  and  Sorrel  roafted  in  the  Embers,  mixt 
with  a  little  ftrong  Leaven,  and  fome  Barrows- 
Greafe,  and  a  little  Salt,  will  draw  it  and  break 
it. 

Take  two  or  three  roafted  Onions,  a  Lilly-Root 
or  two,  roafted,  a  Handful  of  Scabious  ro  fted,  four 
or  five  Figs,  a  piece  of  Leaven,  and  a  little  Rue,  iLmp 
all  thefe  together ;  if  it  be  too  dry,  put  to  it  of 
Oil  of  Lillies  as  much  as  (hall  be  needful,  or  fo  much 
fait  Butter;  make  a  Pultice,  apply  it  hot,  after  it 
hath  lain  three  or  four  Hours  take  it  off,  and  burn  it, 
and  apply  a  frefh  Pultice  of  the  fame,  if  it  prove 

hard 


J  6         The  Acfoice  of  tbeThyficidns. 

hard  to  break,  and  a  little  burnt  Copperas  to  the 
Pultice. 

Or  this, 

^TAk£  the  Flowers  of  Elder  two  Handfuls, 
-*■  Rocket-Seed  bruifed  one  Ounce,  Pigeons  Dung 
three  Drams  :  Scamp  thefe  together,  put  to  them  a 
little  Oil  of  Liilies,  make  thereof  a  Pultice,  apply  it, 
and  change  it  as  you  did  the  former. 

XXVI.  To  draw. 

TIT"  H  e  n  it  is  broken,  to  draw  it,  and  heal  it, 
*  *  take  the  Yolk  of  an  Egg,  one  Ounce  of  Honey 
of  Rofes,  Turpentine  half  an  Ounce,  Wheat-Flour 
a  little,  Lotfdow-Treacle  a  Dram  and  a  half ;  mix  thefe 
well,  fpread  it  upon  Leather,  change  it  twice  Day* 
or  take  Diachylon  cum  Gummis. 

XXVII.  For  the  Carbuncle. 

A  P  p  l  y  an  actual  potential  Cautery,  laying  a  De- 
"  fenfative  of  Bole-Armeniack,  or  Terra  Sigillata> 
mixed  with  Vinegar,  and  the  White  of  an  Egg, 
round  about  the  Tumour,  but  not  upon  it. 

Take  three  or  four  Cloves  of  Garlick,  Rue  half 
a  Handful,  four  Figgs,  ftrong  Leaven,  and  the  Soot 
of  a  Chimney  in  which  Wood  hath  been  burnt,  of 
each  half  an  Ounce,  Muftard-Seed  two  Drams, 
Salt  a  Dram  and  a  half  ;  ftamp  thefe  well  together^ 
and  apply  it  hot  to  the  Sore  ;  you  may  put  thereto 
a  little  fait  Butter,  if  it  be  too  dry. 

Or  thisy 

Ake  Leaven  half  an  Ounce,  Radifh-Roots,  the 
bigger  the  better,  an  Ounce  and  an  half*  Muftard- 
Seed 


The  Advice  of  tie  Plyficians.  49 

Seed  two  Drams,  Onions  and  Garlick  roafted,   of 
each  two  Drams  and  an  half,  Venice-Txt&ite.  or  Mi- 
tbridatum  three  Drams;  mixthefe  in  aMorcar,  apply 
it  hot  thrice  a  Day  to  the  Sore. 

But  thefe  Sores  cannot  be  well  ordered  and  cured 
without  the  perfonal  Care  of  a  difcreet  Chirurgeon. 

Take  of  Scabious  two  Handfuls,  ftampj  it  in  3 
Stone  Mortar,  then  put  into  it  of  old  Swines  Greafe 
faked  two  Ounces,  and  the  Yolk  of  an  Egg ;  ilamp 
them  well  together,  and  lay  part  of  this  warm  to 
the  Sore. 

Take  of  the  Leaves  of  Mallows,  of  Camomil 
Flowers,  of  each  of  them  a  Handful,  of  Linfeed 
beaten  into  Powder,  two  Ounces,  boil  the  Mallow 
Leaves  firft  cut,  and  the  Flowers  of  Camomil  in 
fair  Water,  (landing  about  a  Finger's  breadth,  boil 
all  them  together,  until  all  the  Water  be  almoil  fpent, 
then  put  thereunto  the  Linfeed,  of  Wheat  Flower, 
half  a  Handful,  of  Swines  Greafe,  the  Skins  taken 
away,  three  Ounces,  of  Oil  of  Lillies  two  Ounces, 
ftir  them  ftill  with  a  Stick,  and  let  them  all  boil  to- 
gether on  a  foft  Fire  without  Smoke,  until  the  Wa- 
ter be  utterly  fpent ;  beat  them  all  together  in  a 
Mortar  until  they  be  well  incorporated,  and  in  feel- 
ing fmooth,  and  not  rough  5  then  take  Part  thereof 
hot  in  a  Dim,  fet  upon  a  Chaflng-difli  of  Coals,  and 
lay  it  thick  upon  a  Lmnen  Cloth,  applying  it  to  the 
Sore. 

Take  a  white  Onion  cut  in  pieces,  of  frefh  But- 
ter three  Ounces,  of  Leaven  the  Weight  of  Twelve- 
pence,  of  Mallows  one  Handful,  of  Scab'ous  one 
Handful,  of  Cloves  of  Garlick  the  Weight  of  Twen- 
ty Pence  ;  boil  them  on  the  Fire  in  fufficient  Water, 
and  make  a  Pultice  of  it,  and  lay  it  warm  to  the 
Sore, 

I  Anothtr. 


50        The  Jdvice  of  the  fbyficians. 


Another. 

TF  you  cannot  have  thefe  Herbs,  it  is  good  to  lay 
-*-  a  Loaf  of  Bread  to  it  hot,  as  it  cometh  out  of  the 
Oven,  (which  afterward  fhall  be  burnt,  or  buried  in 
the  Earth)  or  the  Leaves  of  Scabious  or  Sorrel  roaft- 
ed,  or  two  cr  three  Lilly  Roots  roiled  under  Em- 
bers, beaten  and  applied. 

It  will  be  good  to  fo*  bear  all  crude  and  moift 
Fruits,  as  Cucumbers,  Melons,  Plumbs,  Cherries, 
Peaches,  and  raw  Herbs  and  Sallads,  |as  Lettice, 
Spinage,  Radifli,  and  fuch  like  ;  or  to  be  moderate 
in  the  ufe  of  them,  mix'd  with  Oil  and  Vinegar. 


*T^Hofe  that  are  delighted  with  Chymical  Medi- 
-*-  cines  only,  may  make  ufe  of  fome  of  thefe  fol- 
lowing, being  honeflly  prepared  according  to  the 
Defcriptions  of  the  Authors,  and  cautioufly  admi- 
aiftred. 

Elixir  Peftilentiak. 

Elixir  Proprietatis. 

Sulphur  album  &  fixum. 

linSlura  auri  &  Sulphur  is  fixi  incremabilis. 

Mixtura  Bez^oardica. 

ExtraEium  Peftilentiak. 

Aurum  Diaphoreticwn. 

Aurum  Vit<z. 

Bez,oardicum  miner  ale  purpurafcens. 

Eez,oardicum  miner  ale  diaphoreticum. 

lurpetum  minerale  diaphoreticum. 

Aqua  gratia  Dei. 

Spiritm  Antipeftiferm. 

(racipitatm  auri  diapfyreticw. 


flefides 


The  Advice  of  the  Phyficians.  5  1 

BEfides  thofe  Forms  of  Remedies  already  men- 
tioned by  the  College,  I  find  the  folio  wing  were 
had  in  great  Efteem. 

'The  Kings  Majejiys  excellent  Receipt  for  the  Plague. 

*TpAke  half  an  Ounce  of  Nutmegs,  beat  them  all 
•*■  together,  put  it  over  the  Fire  a  little,  and  add 
Three  Pennyworth  of  Treacle,  and  a  Quart  of  the 
beft  Angelica- Water :  Take  it  always  warm,  both 
Morning  and  Evening,  a  Spoonful  or  two,  if  you 
be  already  infe&ed,  and  fweat  thereupon;  if  not,  a 
Spoonful  in  the  Morning,  and  half  a  Spoonful  in  the 
Evening,  all  the  Time  the  Plague  continues. 

A  Pojfet-drink  whereby  Secretary  Naunton  removed  the 
Plague  from  his  Heart. 

AN  Ale  Poflct-drink  with  Pimpernel  Teethed  in  it, 
^~*  till  it  tafte  ftrong  of  it,  drunk  often,  removes 
the  Infection,  tho'  it  hath  reached  the  very  Heart. 

A  Drink  jor  the  Plague  prepared  by  the  Lord  Bacon, 
and  approved  by  Queen  Elizabeth. 

npAke  a  Pint  of  Malmfey  burnt,  with  a  Spoonful 
A  of  bruifed  Grains,  /'.  e.  Cardamom  Seeds,  of 
the  beft  Treacle  a  Spoonful,  and  give  the  Patient 
to  drink  of  it  two  or  three  Spoonfuls  pretty  often, 
with  a  Draught  of  Malmfey  Wine  after  it,  and  fo 
let  him  fweat  ,•  if  it  agrees  with  him,  and  it  flays 
with  him,  he  is  out  of  Danger ;  if  he  vomits  it  up, 
repeat  it  again. 

I  2  Dr. 


'5 1         The  Advice  of  the  Thyfcians. 

Dr\  Butler  of  Cambridge  his  Prefervative  againft  the 
Plague. 

'HpAke  of  Wood  Sorrel  and  pick  it  from  the  Stalk, 
**-  and  pound  it  very  well  in  a  Stone  Mortar;  then 
take  to  every  FcJ  of  beaten  Sorrel,  a  Pound  of  Su- 
gar finely  beaten,  and  two  Ounces  of  MithricUte; 
beat  them  very  well  together,  and  put  it  into  Pots 
for  your  Ufe  :  Take  every  Morning  before  and  after 
the  Infection,  for  fome  Time  together,  of  this  Con- 
ferve  as  much  as  a  Wallnut. 

A  Soveraign  Medicine  for  the  Plague  given  by  Queen  Eli- 
zabeth to  the  Lord  Maior. 

'HpAke  Sage,  Alder  and  Red  Bramble  Leave*,  cf 
•*■  each  a  little  Handful,  ft  amp  and  ftrain  them 
together  through  a  Cloth  with  a  Quart  of  Whi re- 
wine  ;  then  take  a  quantity  of  Whitewine  Vinegar, 
mix  thefe  all  together,  and  drink  thereof  Morning 
and  Night  a  Spoonful  at  a  time  nine  Days  together. 


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REFLECTIONS 

O  N    T  H  E 

Weekly  Bills  of  Mortality, 

So  far  as  they  relate  to  all  the  Plagues 
that  have  happen'd  in  London  from 
the  Year  1592,  to  the  great  Plague  in 
1 665,  and  fome  other  particular 
Difeafes. 

THere  have  been  in  Londoy,  within  about  130 
Years,  four  great  Mortalities. 

The  firft  in  1592.  when  there  died  between  March 
and  December,  2  5  886. 

Whereor  of  the  Plague,    11503. 

The  fecond  in  i<5o3-  when  there  died  from  March 
to  December ,  57294. 

Whereof  of  the  Plague,   30561. 

The  fourth  in  1635.  from  April  to  December  y  23357. 

Whereof  of  the  Plague,  10400. 

In  the  firft  and  laft  of  thefe  Years,  viz,.  1592.  and 
163  6.  the  Proportion  of  thofe  that  died  of  the  Plague, 
to  thofe  that  died  of  all  other  Difeafes  orCafualties, 
was  about  two  to  five. 


to 


54  G{efletftons  on  the 

In  the  fecond,  w&.  1603.  it  was  four  to  five. 

In  the  third,  it  was  feven  to  ten. 

And  fo  the  greateft  Plague  Year  was  1603. 

And  yet  the  greateft  Year  of  Mortality  was  1625. 

When  the  Burials  were  54265,?  0        j8. 
The  Chriftenings  were  69%i,  J  ^r  as  }i. 

This  Bufinefs  lying  here,  that  there  lieth  an  Er- 
ror in  the  Accounts  or  Diftin&ions  of  Cafualties, 
that  is,  more  died  of  the  Plague  than  were  account- 
ed for  under  that  Name,  as  many  as  one  to  four, 
there  being  a  fourth  Part  more  dead  of  other  Ca- 
fualties that  Year,  than  the  Years  preceding  or  fub- 
fequent.  Whence  we  may  colled  a  good  Rule,  vfe 
That  whereas  it  is  doubted  we  have  not  a  true  Ac- 
count of  the  Number  that  died  in  1665.  of  the 
Plague,  the  poor  Searchers,  out  of  Ignorance,  Re- 
fpeft,  Love  of  Money,  or  Malice,  returning,  it's 
fufpeded,  more  or  lefs,  as  they  were  inclined ;  wc 
may  difcern  the  Truth,  by  comparing  the  Number 
that  died  of  other  Difeafes,  and  the  Cafualties  the 
Weeks  immediately  before  the  Plague  begun,  and 
the  Number  reported  to  have  been  dead  every  Week 
of  thofe  Difeafes  and  Cafualties  after,  and  obferving 
that  the  Surplufage  that  died  at  one  Time,  above 
what  did  tlaea  oi:  thofe  Dlfeafcs,  are  indeed  dead  of 
the  Plague,  tho'  returned  under  the  Notion  of  thofe 
other  Difeafes. 

And  here  it  will  not  be  unfeafonable  to  obfervc, 
That  the  keeping  of  Bills  of  Mortality  began 
A.D.  1592.  being  a  Year  of  great  Sicknefs,  and 
after  fome  D.fufe,  was  eftablifhrd  by  Order,  A.  D. 
1603.  the  next  Year  of  Sicknefs  :  The  firft  of  the 
continued  weekly  Bills  of  Mortality  commencing 
Oftober  29.  1^03.  the  firft  Year  of  King  James. 

Thefe  B'i  s  are  made  and  compofed  in  this  man- 
ner, ™'z,.  When  any  one  dietb,  either  the  Tolling 

and 


dills  of  Mortality.  5  5; 

and  Ringing  of  the  Bell,  or  the  befpeaking  of  a 
Grave,  intimateth  it  to  the  Searchers,  (  who  keep  2 
ftrict  Correfpondence  with  the  Sexton)  and  there- 
upon the  ancient  Matrons  fworn  to  that  Office,  re- 
pair to  the  Place  where  the  dead  Corps  lieth,  and 
upon  their  own  View,  and  others  Examination, 
make  a  Judgment  by  what  Difeafe  or  Cafualty  the 
Corps  died  ;  which  Judgment  they  report  to  the 
Parifti  Clerk,  as  he  doth  every  Tuefday  Night  the 
Account  of  every  Chriftening  and  Burial  that  Week 
to  the  Clerk  of  the  Hall ;  whence  on  Wednesday  the 
general  Account  is  made  up  and  printed,  and  on 
Tburfday  publifhed  to  the  refpective  Families  that 
pay  for  them. 

Now  altho^  the  Searchers  are  ignorant  and  care- 
lefs,  yet  in  fuch  Difeafes  and  Cafualties  as  are  ob- 
vious ro  Senfe,  as  Age,  Confumptions,  or  inward 
Decayings,  fignified  by  the  outward  JLeannefs, 
Coughs,  Wind,  Teeth,  Convulfions,  Thrufh,  Scowr- 
ing,  Abortions,  Head-ach,  or  fudden  Deaths,  or 
by  Apoplexy,  &c.  Drowning,  Vomiting,  &Y.  Small- 
Pox,  Stone,  Gout,  they  may  be  relied  on,  as  they 
may  atfo  in  fuch  Cafes  as  thofe  wherein  they  have 
the  Opinion  of  the  Phyficians :  But  take  Inftance 
in  ' 


'AGt* 


56  fyflettions  on  the 

A  General  BILL  of  the  Number  of  Burials  which 
have  been  buried  of  all  Difeafes,  andalfoof  the  Plague, 
in  every  Parijb  within  the  City  of  London,  and  the 
Liberties  thereof,  as  alfo  in  the  Nine  Out-Parifles  ad- 
joy  ning  to  the  J aid  City,  with  the  Peft-Houfe  belonging 
to  the  fame,  from  Thurfday,  December  i6>  1624, 
to  Thurfday  the  i$th  of  December,  1625,  accord- 
ing to  the  Report  made  to  the  Kings  mofi  excellent  Ma- 
jefty,  by  the  Company  of  Parijh-Clerks  of  London. 

London. 

ST.  Albans  Woodftreet 
Allhallows  Barking 
Alhallows  Bread-ftreet 
Alhallows  the  Great 
Aihallows  Honey-lane 
Alhallows  the  Lefs 
Alhallows  Lumbard-ftreet 
Alhallows  Stainings 
Alhallows  the  Wall 
S.  Alphage  Cripplegate 
S.  Andrew  Hubbard 
S.  Andrews  Underfhaft 
S.  Andrews  Wardrobe 
S.  Anns  Alder fgate 
S.  Anns  Black-Friars 
S.  Antholins  Parifh 
S.  Auftins  Parilli 
S.  Barthol.  Exchange 
S.  Bennets  Fynck 
S.  Bennets  Grace-Church 
S.  Bennets  Pauls  Wharf 
S.  Bennets  Sherehog 
S.  Botolphs  Billingfgate 
Chrift  Church  Parifh 
S.  Chriftophers 
S.  Clements  Eaflcheap 
S.  DiOn$  Bask-church 


Bur. 

flag 

188 

78 

397 

2d3 

34 

14 

442 

302 

18 

8 

259 

205 

85 

44 

183 

138 

301 

155 

240 

190 

i4* 

101 

219 

149 

373 

191 

196 

128 

33* 

215 

61 

3i 

72 

40 

5* 

24 

108 

57 

48 

14 

22(5 

*3r 

24 

8 

99 

66 

611 

371 

48 

28 

87 

7a 

I49 

59 

S«Du 

nftans 

'Bills  of  MwtcXiy?? 


17 


S.  Dunflans  in  the  Eaft 

S.  Edmunds  Lumbard-ftreet 

S.  Echelborough 

S.  Faiths 

S.  Fofters 

S.  Gabriel  Fen-church 

S.  George  Botolph-lane 

S.  Gregories  by  Pauls 

S.  Hellens  Bifhopfgate 

S.  James  Garlickhithe 

S.  John  Baptift 

S.  John  Evangelift 

S.  John  Zacharies 

S.  James  Dukes-place 

S.  Katherine  Coleman 

S.  Katherine  Creechureh 

S.  Lawrence  Jewry 

S.  Lawrence  Pountney 

S.  Leonards  Eafkheap 

S.  Leonards  Fofier-lane 

S.  Magnus 

S.  Margarets  Lothbury 

S.  Margarets  Mofes 

S.  Margarets  New-fifh-ftreet 

S.  Margaret  Pattons 

S.  Mary  Abchurch 

S.  Mary  Aldermanbury 

S.  Mary  Aldermary 

S  .  Mary  le  Bow 

S  Mary  Bothaw 

S.  Mary  Colechurch 

S.  Mary  Hill 

S.  Mary  Mounthaw 

S.  Mary  Summerfet 

S.  Mary  Stainings 

S-  Mary  Woolchurch 

Si  Mary  Woolnoth 

K 


Bur.: 

Plag- 

335 

22S 

78 

4? 

205 

101 

89 

'   45 

149 

102 

71 

54 

30 

19 

296 

i96 

136 

I1 

180 

109 

122 

19 

7 

0 

143 

91 

310 

254 

261 

ilS 

226 

375 

9i 

55 

206 

127 

55 

16 

2,1 

209 

*37 

Sj 

II4 

d4 

37 

25 

123 

82 

77 

5° 

;'9i 

58 

126 

79 

92 

54 

35 

19 

22 

14 

26 

11 

152 

84 

75 

58 

270 

192 

70 

44 

5* 

35 

82 

5o 

S.M 

artins 

58 


fyfleStions  on  the 


S.  Martins  Iremonger-lane 

S.  Martins  Ludgate 

S.  Martins  Orgars 

S.  Martins  Outwich 

S.  Martins  in  the  Vintrey 

S.  Matthew  Friday-ftreet 

S.  Maudlins  Milk-ftreet 

S.  Maudlins  Old  Fifh-ftreet 

S.  Michael  Baflifhaw 

S.  Michael  Cornhill 

S.  Michael  Crooked-lane 

S.  Michael  Queenhithe 

S.  Michael  in  the  Querne 

S.  Michael  Royal 

S.  Michael  Wood-ftreet 

S.  Mildreds  Bread-ftreet 

S.  Mildreds  Poultrey 

S.  Nicholas  Aeons 

S.  Nicholas  Coleabby 

S.  Nicholas  Olaves 

S.  Olaves  Hart-fleet 

S.  Olaves  Jewry 

S.  Olaves  Silver-flreet 

S.  Pancras  Soper-lane 

S.  Peters  Cheap 

S.  Peters  Cornhill 

S.  Peters  Pauls  Wharf 

S.  Peters  Poor 

S.  Stevens  Colemaivftreet 

S.  Stevens  Walbrooke 

S.  Swithins  London-done 

8.  Thomas  Apoftles 

Trinity  Parifh 


Buried  within  the  97  Pari/hes  within  the  Walls 
Of  all  Difeafes  J434° 

Of  the  Plague  9*91 

S,  Andrews 


Bur. 

Phg. 

25 

18 

254 

164 

88 

47 

60 

30 

339 

208 

24 

11 

401 

23 

225 

142 

199 

139 

155 

19 

144 

91 

215 

157 

53 

3° 

in 

6\ 

189 

62 

60 

44 

94 

45 

33 

13 

87 

61 

70 

43 

266 

195 

43 

25 

174 

105 

17 

8 

68 

44 

318 

78 

91 

68 

52 

27 

$06 

35o 

25 

13 

99 

60 

141 

107 

148 

87 

Bills  of  Mortality. 

59 

Bur. 

Plag. 

S.  Andrews  Holborn 

219° 

1636 

S.  Bartholomew  the  Great 

5i6 

3  do 

S.  Bartholomew  the  Lefs 

in 

65 

S.  Brides  Parifli 

1481 

1031 

S.  Botolph  Aidgate 

2573 

i653 

Bridewell  Precinct 

213 

152 

S.  Botolph  Bifliopfgate 

*334 

714 

S.  Botolph  Alderfgate 

578 

307 

S.Dunftans  Weft 

8tfo 

642. 

S.  George  Southwark 

1608 

912 

S.  Giles  Cripplegate 

35>88 

2338 

S.  Olaves  Southwark 

2746 

1571 

S.  Sepulchres  Parifli 

425 

2420 

S.  Thomas  in  Southwark 

33* 

277 

Trinity  Minories 

131 

87 

At  the  Peft-houfe 

194 

189 

Buried  in  the    1 6  Purifies  without  the  IVulls,  ftunding 

fart  within  the  Liberties,  in  Middlefe: 

iy  Surrej 

Ty    and 

At  the  Peflhoufe 

269-]% 

Of  the  Plague 

I7I53 

Bur. 

Plag. 

S.  Clements  Danes 

1284 

755 

S.  Giles  in  the  Fields 

1333 

947 

S.  James  Clarkenwell 

1 191 

903 

S.  Katherines  Tower 

998 

744 

S.  Leonards  Shoreditch 

*995 

1407 

S.  Martins  in  the  Fields 

1470 

913 

S.  Mary  VVhite-chappel 

3305 

2252 

S.  Magdalens  Bermondfey 

1127 

880 

S.  Mary  Savoy 

25Q 

175 

Buried  in  the  9  Out  Purifies  in  Mid.  and  Surrey     1 

2953 

Whereof  of  the  Plague 

9067 

The  total  within  and  without 

5 

4255 

Of  the  Plague 

3 

5417 

Purifies  clear 

1 

Purifies  injetted 

121 

K  * 

The 

6o 


^{cfleHions  on  the 


The  Plague  \6  3,  laded  eight  Years;  in  fome 
whereof  there  died  Four  Thoufand,  in  others  above 
Two  Thoufand,  and  in  but  one  lefs  than  Six  Hun- 
dred ;  as  may  appear  by  this  following  Note,  viz,. 


rj6oq 
16°$ 
1606 
160  7 
1608 
16C9 
1610 
16H 


In  the  Year 


296 

444 
2124 

2352 

2262 

4240 

1803 

627 


>there  died   of  the  Plague  <  14752 


1612 
1613 
2614 
161$ 
1616 
1617 
i<5i8 
1619J 


*4 
16 

22 

37 
9 

18 
9 


J71 


Whereas 


Sills  of  Mortality.  6 1 

Whereas  in  the  Year  1624  ne\t  preceding,  and  in 
the  Year  1626  next  following  the  great  Plague  Year 
1625,  there  died  in  the  former  but  Eleven,  and  in  the 
latter  but  One  Hundred  Thirty  Font  of  the  Plague  : 
Yea,  in  the  faid  Year  1625,  the  Plague  decreafed from 
its  utmoil  Number,  Four  Thoufanu  Four  Hundredi 
Sixty  One  a  Week,  to  beneath  a  Thoufand,  in  Six 
Weeks.    And  thus  it  was. 


fl*2Q."l 

1621 
1622 

1623 
1624 
i(525 
In  the  Year  ii 526 
1527 
1628 
1629 
1620 
163 1 
1632. 


there  died  of  the  Plague 


11 
16 

17 
o 

3541? 

134 

4 

3 

o 

1317 

274 
8 


64  <%efle£iions  on  the 

A  Bill  of  Mortality  for  the  Tear  i$9h  being 

a  Plague  Tear. 

London.  Bur. 

CT.  Albans  Wood-ilreet  6S 

^  Alhallows  Barking  203 

Alhallows  Bread-ftreec  45 

Alhallows  the  Great  305 

Alhallows  Honey-Lane  2 1 

Alhallows  the  Lefs  108 

Alhallows  Lombard-ftreet  96 

Alhallows  Staining  183 

Alhallows  the  Wall  202 

S.  Alphage  176 

S.  Andrew  Hubbard  07 

S.  Andrew  Underfhaft  197 

S.  Andrew  Wardrobe  147 

S.  Anns  Alderfgate  206 

S.  Anns  Black-Friars  200 

S.  Antholins  Parifh  207 

S.  Auftins  Parifh  145 

S.  Barthol.  Exchange  194 

S.  Bennet  Finck  63 

S.  Bennet  Grace-church  140 

S.  Bennets  Pauls  Wharf  5 1 

S.  Bennet  Sherehog  5  8 

S.  Eotolph  Billinfgate  306 

Chrift  Church  36 

S.  Chriftopher  185 

S.  Clements  Eaflcheap  506 

S.  Dionis  Back-church  44 

S.  Dunftans  Eaft  107 

S.  Edmunds  Lombard-fteee  t  105 

S.  Ethelborough  4°<* 

S.  Faiths  84 

•S.  Fofters  107 

S.  Gabriel  Fen-church  300 

S.  George 


Silk  of  Mortality.  6$ 


S.  George  Botolph-lane 

S.  Gregorys  by  Pauls 

S.  Hellens 

S.  James  Dukes- place 

S.  James  Garlickhithe 

S.  John  Baptift 

S.  John  Evangelift 

S.  John  Zachary 

S.  {Catherine  Coleman 

S,  Kacherine  Creechurch 

S.  Lawrence  Jewry 

S.  Lawrence  Pountney 

S.  Leonards  Eaftchsap 

S.  Leonards  Fofter-lane 

S.  M 

S-  Margargaret  Lothbury 

S.    fafrgai  c  Mofes 

S.  Margaret  New  Fifli  ftreet 

S.  Margaret  Patrons 

S.  Mary  Abchurch 

S.  Mary  Alder m anbury 

S.  Mary  Aldermary 

S.  Mary-k-T2ow 

S.  Mary  Bothaw 

S.  Mary  Cole-church 

S.  Mary  Hill 

S.  A^ary  Mounthaw 

S.  Mary  Sommerfet 

S.  Mary  Stainings 

S  Mary  Woolchurch 

S-  Mary  V/oolnoth 

S.  Martins  Iremonger-lane 

S.  Martins  Ludgate 

S.  Martins  Orgars 

S.  Martins  Outwich 

S.  Martins  in  the  Vintrey 

S  Matthew  Friday-ftreec 

S.  Maudlins  Milk-ftresc 


Bur. 

Plag. 

6y 

n 

5* 

** 

25 

4 

314 

215 

207 

41 

2  op 

477 

304 

154 

3 

1 

444 

222 

106 

4* 

307 

85 

4i 

12 

114 

5* 

106 

4* 

184 

87 

208 

4* 

107 

4^ 

84 

5* 

38 

22 

92 

61 

19 

54 

*   104 

*7 

i?4 

91 

104 

47 

3« 

18 

39 

*5 

20 

*5 

110 

72 

62 

39 

207 

148 

42 

28 

43 

3i 

6i 

34 

*5 

18 

205 

104 

62 

4* 

40 

20 

229 

lid 

S.Mnid'i:s 


*>4  Q{efle£tions  on  the 


Bur. 

S.  Maudlins  Old  tifh-ftreet 

19 

Sj  ah c ha  el  Bjffifhaw 

141 

S.  M.chajl  Cornhill 

204 

S.  Michael  Crooked-lane 

129 

S.  Mxhael  Quecnhithe 

115 

S.  Michael  in  the  Q_ierne 

116 

S.  Michaei  Royal 

151 

S.  Michael  Wood  ftreet 

41 

S.  Miildred  Bread-flreet 

96 

S.  Mildred  Poultry 

109 

S.  Nicholas  Aeons 

47 

S.  Nicholas  Cole-abby 

q6 

S.  Nicholas  Olaves 

27 

S.  Olaves  Hart-ftreet 

64 

S.  Olaves  Jewry 

53 

S.  Olaves  Silver-ftreet 

197 

S.  Pan  eras  Soper-lane 

1* 

S.  Peters  Cheap 

1  op 

S.  Peters  Cornhill 

112 

S.  Peters  Pauls-Wharf 

57 

S.  Peters  Poor 

221 

S.  Stevens.  Coleman-ftreet 

90 

S.  Stevens  Walbrooke 

49 

S.  Swithins  Lordon-ftone 

4o5 

S.  Thomas  Apoftles 

21 

Trinity  Parifh, 

72 

Buried  in  the  1 6  Out-Parijhes, 

and  at  the  Peflh 

S.  Andrews  Holborn 

1561 

S.  Bartholmcw  the  Great 

254 

S.  Bartholmew  the  Lefs 

99 

S.  Brides  Parifh 

897 

Bndewel  Precinct 

1461 

S.  Botolph  Alderfgate 

J44 

S.  Botolph  Algate 

1771 

S.  Botolph  Bilhopfgats 

287 

s. 

Bills  of  Mortality: 

65 

Bur. 

Plag. 

S.  Dunftans  Weft 

5*5 

M 

S.  George  South wark 

I  l  12 

61$ 

S.  Giles  C            gate 

296$ 

192,9 

S.  Olaves  Southwark 

1998 

1064 

S.  Saviours  Soutir.vark 

19+6 

1242 

S.  Sepulchres  Parifli 

344° 

2502 

S.  Thomas  in  Southwaik 

304 

194 

Trinity  Minories 

109 

78 

A:  the  Peflhoufe 

208 

195 

Buried  in  the  9  Out  Parifiei 

S.  Giles  in  the  Fields 

894 

569 

Hackney  Parifli 

999 

669 

S.  James  C  erkenwel 

740 

419 

S.  Katherines  Tower 

69$ 

489 

Lambeth  Parifh 

15*9 

1308 

S.  Leonards  Shorditch 

1202 

775 

S.  Magdalens  Bermond 

2606 

2095 

S.  Mary  Newington 

964. 

702 

S.  Mary  Iflington 

206 

150 

\A  General  Bill    for  the  Tear   1603.    being  another 
Plague  Tear. 

k         London. 

:C  Albans  Wood-ftreet 

P'    Alhallows  Barking 

S.  Alhallows  Bread-flreet 
E,  Alhallows  Great 

).  Alhallows  Hony-lane 

).  Alhallows  Lefs 

y  Alhallows  Lumbard  ftrect 

?.  Alhallows  Staining 

t  Alhallows  the  Wall 

>.  Alphaee 

L 


Bur. 

Plag. 

92 

39 

182 

i^i 

17 

8 

221 

i3* 

9 

4 

J34 

102 

45 

21 

59 

5i 

150 

59 

120 

61 

S.  An- 

66  ^fleElions  on  the 

Bur. 

S.  Andrew  Hubbard  6\ 

S.  Andrew  Underfhaft  no 

S.  Andrew  Wardrobe  142 

S.  Anne  Alderfgate  6-j 

5.  Anne  Black-Friers  146 

S.  Antholins  Parifii  37 

S.  Auftins  Parifh  39 

S.  Barthol.  Exchange  31 

S.  Bennec  Fynch  54 

&  Bennet  Grace-church  27 

S.  Bennet  Pauls-Wharf  118 

S.  Bennet  Sherehog  12 

S.  Botolph  Billinfgate  43 

Chrifts  Church  302 

S.  Chriftophers  24 

S.  Clements  Eaftcheap  43 

S.  Dionis  Back  church  45 

S.  Dunftans  Eaft  149 

S.  Edmunds  Lumbard-flreet  52 

S.  Erheiborough  103 

S.  Faiths  45 
S.  Fofters                                               .       61 

S.  Gabriel  Fen-church  39 

S.  George  Botolph  lane  15 

S>  Gregories  by  Pauls  1 19 

S.  Hellens  63 

S.  James  Garlickhithe  64 

S.  John  Baptift  59 

S.  John  Evangelift  3 

S,  John  Zachary  6i 

S.  Katherine  Coleman  134 

S.  James  Dukes-place  10 1 

S.  Katherine  Creechurch  443 

S.  Lawrence  Jewry  42 

S.  Lawrence  Pountney  103 

S.  Leonards  Eaftcheap  32 

S.  Leonards  Fofter-lane  141 

S, 

I 


Sills  of  Mortality.  67 


S.  Magnus 

S.  Margaret  Lothbury 

S.  Margaret  Mo fes 

S.  Margaret  New  Fifh  ftreet 

S.  Margaret  PattoTis 

S>  Mary  Abchurch 

S.  Mary  Aldermanbury 

S.  Mary  Aldermary 

S.  Mary  le  Bow 

S.  Mary  Bothaw 

S.  Mary  Colechurcb 

S.  Mary  Hill 

S.  Mary  Mounthaw 

S.  Mary  Somerfet 

S.  Mary  Stainings 

&  Mary  Woolchurch 

S.  Mary  Woolnoth 

S.  Martins  Ironmonger-lane 

S.  Martins  Ludgate 

S.  Martins  Orgars 

S.  Martins  Outwich 

S.  Martins  Vintrey 

S.  Matthew  Friday-ftreet 

S.  Maudlins  Milk-ftreet 

S.  Maudlins  Old  Fifh-ftreet 

A  Michael  Baffifbaw 

S.  Michael  Cornhill 

S.  Michael  Crooked-lane 

S.  Michael  Queenhithe 

S.  Michael  Qiierne 

S.  Michael  Royal 

S.  Michael  Wood-ftreet 

S.  Mildred  Bread-ftreet 

S.  Mildred  Poultrey 

S.  Nicholas  Aeons 

S.  Nicholas  Cole-abby 

S.  Nicholas  Olaves 

L2 


Bur. 

Plag- 

62 

51 

5* 

32 

16 

14 

6\ 

42 

61 

25 

47 

21 

9* 

40 

43 

3* 

15 

12 

12 

7 

*3 

4 

62 

41 

37 

28 

1  op 

9* 

42 

22 

24 

16 

4i 

25 

13 

9 

121 

*4 

44 

2* 

30 

15 

M3 

i°* 

12 

6 

200 

1? 

112 

67 

94 

93 

59 

42 

*4 

49 

105 

81 

31 

1S 

53 

3o 

6S\ 

34 

3° 

24 

47  1 

23 

1091 

60$ 

207  { 

160 

5i  ' 

32. 

5.0 

laves 

68  G^fltflions  on  the 

S.  Olaves  Hart-fleet 

S.  Olaves  Jewry 

S.  Olaves  Silver-ftreet 

S.  Pancras  Sopcr-lane 

S.  Peters  Cheap 

S,  Peters  Cornhill 

Sy.  Peters  Pauls  Wharf 

S.  Pecers  Poor 

S.  Stevens  Coleman  *fcreet 

S^  Stevens  Walbrooke 

S.  Swithins  London- ftone 

S.  Thomas  Apoflles 

Tn^y  Parifh 


Bur. 

Mag. 

780 

381 

$231 

Spr 

i  1 1 

61 

1219 

809 

420 

i?7 

420 

3  IO 

516 

410 

19B8 

1504 

1897 

1609 

1646 

910 

1793 

I2ltf 

121 

III 

62 

4* 

A  General  Bill  for  the  Tear  1636,  being  the  I  aft  Tear 
vftke  four  great  Plagues  which  happened  before  that 
in  1665. 

London.  Bur.  Plag> 

C.T.  Albans  Wood  ftreet  102  44 

"^  Alhallows  Barking  204  \    14^ 

Alhallows  Bread-flreet                                 21  n 

Alhallows  the  Great  219  !       24 

Alhallows  Honey-Lane                                13  6 

Alhallows  the  Lefs  1 44  96 

Alhallows  Lombard-ftreet                           38  2  6 

Alhallows  Staining                                      65  41 

Alhallows  the  Wall  206  87 

S.  Alphage  174  9& 

S.  Andrew  Hubbard                                     $j  54 

S.  Andrew  Underfhaft  192  1^9 

S.  Andrew  Wardrobe                                   41  ;  18 

S.  Anns  Aldcrfgate                                      47  I  26 

S  Anns  Black-Friars                                    36  I  14 

S.  Antholins  Parifh                                       56  j  30 

S.  Auflins  Parifh                                          31  15 

S.  Barthol.  Exchange  109  I      81 

S.  Bennet 


Sills  of  Mortality. 


S.  Bennet  Fynch 

S.  Bennet  Grace-church 

S.  Bennet  Pauls  Wharf 

S.  Bennet  Sherehog 

S.  Botolph  Billinfgate 

Chrilt  Church 

S.  Chriltopher 

S.  Clements  Eaftcheap 

S.  Dionis  Back  church 

S.  Dunftans  Eafl 

S.  Edmunds  Lombard-ftreet 

S.  Ethelborough 

S.  Faiths 

S.  Fofters 

S.  Gabriel  Fen-church 

S.  George  Botolph-lane 

S.  Gregorys  by  Pauls 

SL  Hellens 

S.  James  Dukes-place 

S   James  Garlickhithe 

S.  John  Baptift 

S  Jghn  Evangelift 

S.  John  Zachary 

S.  Katherine  Coleman 

S.  Katherine  Creechurch 

S.  Lawrence  Jewry 

S.  Lawrence  Pountney 

S.  Leonards  EafHicap 

S.  Leonards  Fofter-lane 

S.  Magnus  Parifh 

S.  Margaret  Lothbury 

S.  Margaret  Mofes 

S.  Margaret  New  Fifli  ftreet 

S.  Margaret  Pattons 

S.  Mary  Abchurch 

S.  Mary  Aldermanbury 

S.  Mary  Aldermary 

S.  Mary-le-Bow 


69 

Bur. 

Plag. 

15 

6 

48 

28 

309 

H4 

20 

7 

40 

*5 

41 

34 

154 

118 

57 

26 

1x3 

54 

44 

29 

61 

54 

43 

29 

17 

8 

123 

60 

69 

40 

11 

54 

69 

43 

1 

3 

19 

42 

144 

97 

iop 

86 

417 

194 

4* 

4* 

96 

7* 

35 

16 

154 

99 

80 

59 

5i 

32 

18 

13 

70 

49 

74 

34 

55 

38 

91 

45 

49 

36 

*9 

14 

16 

6 

20 

8 

75 

48 

S 

.  Mary 

yo  Q{efle£lions  on  the 

Eur. 

8.  Mary  Bothaw  42 

S.  Mary  Cole-church  120 

S.  Mary  Hiii  5 1 

8.  Mary  Mounthaw  35 

S.  Mary  Sommerfec  45 

S.  Mary  Stainings  9 

S.  Mary  Woolchurch  127 

S.  Mary  VVoolnoth  54 

S.  Martins  Iremonger-lane  30 

S.  Martins  Ludgate  149 

S.  Martins  Orgars  1 1 

S.  Martins  Outwich  22 

S.  Martins   Vintrey  98 

8.  Matthew  Friday-ftreet  103 

8.  Maudlins  Milk-ftreet  62 

S.  Maudlins  Old  Fifh-ftreet  77 

S.  Michael  Comhill  .  109 

S.  Michael  Baffifhaw  37 

S.  Michael  Crooked-lane  57 

S.  Michael  Queenhithe  #9 

S.  Michael  Qiierne  3  l 

8.  Michael  Royal  53 

S.  Michael  Wood-ftreet  1203 

S.  Mildred  Bread-ftreec  213 

8.  Mildred  Poultry  74 

S.  Nicholas  Aeons  97° 

S.  Nicholas  Coie-abby  i4^4 

S.  Nicholas  Olaves  147 

S.  Olaves  Hart-ftreet  1  5°5 

S.  Olaves  Jewry  ^37 

S.  Olaves  Silver-ftreet  3°° 

8.  Pancras  Soper-lane  5  54 

S.  Peters  Cheap  229.8 

S.  Peters  Cornhill  2111 

S.  Peters  Pauls-Wharf  \99& 

S.  Peters  Poor  2014 

S.  Stevens  Coleman-ftreet  J^3 


S.  Stevens 


<Bills  of  Mortaliy. 


7i 


Bur. 

Plug. 

S.  Stevens  Walbrooke 

19 

'49 

S.  Swithins  London-ftone 

86 

*7 

S.  Thomas  Apoftles 

831 

691 

.?.  <$,  ft  ft  ft  &  &  ft  ft  55  #  ^^<£  •$  &  ft  &  &  &  &  &  & 

Tib*  Difeafes  and  Casualties  they  were  mofi  [ub- 
jeH  to   in  the  laji  Age^  and  the  Difeafes  we 
ought    chiefly    to  provide  againfl    in    thefe 
Times. 


A 


Gues  and  Fevers  increafe   by  our  Surfeits  and 
Excefs,  by  thefe  Proportions. 


4418 
■6233 

•7549 
•7979 
6852 
8623 
9819 
1147 


I629 

"1632 

I632 

161,6 

1636 

1640 

1640 

1644 

■  1644 

>  to  < 

1648 

1648 

1652 

1652 

1656 

.1*5*- 

^1660 

Abortives,  by  reafon  of  the  ftraitning  of  Bodies, 
mixtures  of  Copulation,  and  unwholefome  Diet,  im- 
prove in  thefe  Proportions. 

FromJ1*2^  to  J1?'! 37f 

The  Scurvy  hath  increafed  in  thefe  Proportions^ 

but —  346 

1 149 


From  1629  to  1640 
And  yet 

From  1640  to  1660 


The 


^(efieflions  on  the 


7* 

The  Confumption,  with  the  addition  of  the  French 
Fox;  and  the  Ptifick,  which  goeth  under  its  Name, 
increafeththus  : 


fi629 
1632 
1630 

From'  l6*°  > 
1644! 

1^48  j 


to 


l632  I 
1636  J 
164O  J 
1644  J 
1^48    I 


$9S6 
S666 

'  9*1$ 
10844 


1^52  j  ■     99*8 
1656  , 12115 


Li55o 


13421 


The  Stone  and  Strangury,  fince  we  drink  Ale  fo 
plentifully,  feems  to  decreafe  thus  : 


l6l9 .3J5 

l63o 39 

1631 —58 

1632 — — -  56 

1*33 58 

1634 49 

1635 —33 

16i6 45 

I(547 45 

1648 42 

1649— 29 

1550 28 

1651 50 

1652 41 


155  3 44 

1654 ■ 38 

1655 49 

1656 57 

1657 < 72 

1658 69 

165P 22 

1660 30 

166 1-? 

1662 

1662— 

I  664 


l66$ 


The  Gout  {lands  much  at  a  flay,  that  is,  anfwereth 
the  general  proportion  of  Burials :  There  dies  one  of 
1000  of  the  Gout,  though  more  die  Gouty  ;  the  rea- 
fon  is,  becaufe  thofe  that  have  the  Gout,  are  faid 
to  be  long  Livers,  and  when  they  die,  are  returned  as 
Aged. 


The 


Ws  of  Mortality. 


73 


The  Rickets  increafed,  from  the  Year  1634,  when 
it  firft  appeared,  thus  :. 


1629"/     I  1636 

From^^W1*47 
**47(      )i*S7 

1657  J     Ci66$ 


.1719 

■2964 

1474 
984 


And  the  Liver-grown,  which  is  next  of  kin  to  it, 
thereupon  decreafed. 

The  Rifing  of  the  Stomach,  fince  it  was  firft 
mentioned  i6$6,  is  improved  thus  : 


From^i64o 
(i656 


H 


646 
6$6 
66% 


■1 149 

1485 
.198(5 


Convulfions  were  but  52  in  the  Year  16291 
and  yet  in  1636  they  were  700  and  odd,  and 
incrcafed  fince  according  to  this  proportion   : 


From 


6401 

9191 

12981 


M 


Apo- 


7* 


fyfleBions  on  the 


Apoplexies  and  Hidden  Obftru&ions  increafe  thus 


1629 22 

1630 36 

1651 — —  o 

1632 17 

i^?; 24 

,6j4 3f. 

16;  5:—— 26 

1636 o 

1647 68 

1648 — — 74 

1649 64 


i6jo 

i6f  1 

l6f2— — 


i6H~ 

16^ 


i6j6 

l6j7 

i6j8 

165-9 

1660 — — 


74 
106 

in 
118 

•  6 
92 

102 

"I 

138 

"  9i 

•  67 


Bloody-Flux,  Scowringand  Flux,  thus  : 


!629 449 

1630 — .438 

1631- — 3f2 

J632 -348 

1633 — . 278 

l634 SI2 

j6^ 346 

1636 330 

l637 ' if? 

1638- ■ 176 

1639- 802 

1 640 ■ — 7 o 4 

164I yl4 

I642  9II 

1643 8iy 

1644 789 

j64y -y48 


1646 
1647. 
1648- 


-1 1147 

«« 2o£ 

—  304 

1649 444 

1650. 833 

i6p 762 

16^2 _  6n 

16  j  3 200 

^4 ^  386 

16^ -—  168 

i6j6 368 

16^7 —  362 

165:8 233 

1659— 246 

1660  ■ -    25-1 

1661 1    f7i 


Can- 


Bilk  of  Mortality. 
Cancer,  Gangrene,  Fiftula,  Wolf. 


£ 


*&9\ 

1632/ 

From  <i^4o>to 
/i6^\ 

Lid58J 


•  85 
■562 

344 


Cholicks  and  Winds  are  decreafed  thus 


n 


From 


298 

'  85 
147 


Dropfy  by  exceflive  Drinking,  is  increafcd  thus 


1629 

yl6j6 

1547 

1(557 


1657 
1 665 


-3214 

-  5964 
-4272 
~  39S6 


King's  Evil  and  Impoftumes,  thus : 


Cl^2p 

From^1^* 


2^ 


557 

Lethargy,  thus 


-244 
•327 

•2P4 

-124 


From 


1  56 

'  87 

104 

46 


M 


Worms 


76 


(fyfleftions  on  the 


Worms  and  Teeth,  thus 


1629 


2958 

-2984 

—  5895 
5349 


1557 
Purples  and  Spotted  Fevers,  thus 


From 


Here  Note,  That  we  begin  our  Casualties  at  the  Tear  1629, 
that  being  thefirfl  Tear  wherein  they  "were  diftinflly  ta- 
ken notice  of. 

It's  obfervable  alfo,  that  many  times  other  Pefti- 
lential  Difeafes,  as  Vur pie- Fevers,  Small-Pox,  the 
Dyfentery,  called  by  fome,  The  Plague  in  the  Guts,  fore- 
run Plague- Years,  that  is,  fuch  Years  as  there  die 
200  of  the  Plague  in  a  Year,  two  or  three  for  the 
Bill  that  was  about  8000  of  all  Difeafes  and  Cafual- 
ties,  in  the  Year  1622,  improved  to  11 000  in  the 
Year  1623,  anc*  to  12000  in  the  Year  itf'24  ;  the 
next  Year,  viz,,  the  Year  1625,  being  54000,  of 
all  Difeafes  and  Cafualties  ;  and  it's  obferved,  that 
there  died  above  2000  of  the  Small-Pox,  from  the 
latter  End  of  1634,  to  the  Beginning  of  1 61 6, 
when  there  died  10400  of  the  Plague. 


Several 


Wis  of  Mortality.  77 


Several  Q.u  E.s  tions  refolved,  in  1 665  > 
in  reference  to  this  Subject. 


Tie  Time  wherein  the  City  may  be  Re-peopled,  after 
a  great  Plague. 

np  H  E  Fears  of  People,  that  Houfes  and  other 
-*■  Things  in  London  will  be  worth  little  or  no- 
thing after  a  great  Mortality,  rendereth  it  conveni- 
ent to  obferve  in  what  Time  the  City  is  Jle-peopled 
after  the  greateft  Mortality  ;  and  that  isi,  after  two 
Years,  as  it  is  generally  afferted,  and  effectually 
made  good,  by  thefe  Inflances  :  For  the  Chriften- 
ings  in  the  City  are,  (if  the  -Inhabitants  lie  not  Ana- 
baptifls)  the  raoft  certain  Standards  of  the  Increafe 
and  Decreafe  of  the  Inhabitants  thereof. 

The  Chriftenings  that  were  8299,^1  the  Year  1^24, 
that  is,  the  Year  next  preceeding  the  great  Plague 
Year  1625,  that  fwept  away  54600,  brought  the 
Chriftenings  (by  People's  dying,  flying,  or  mifcar- 
riage)  to  5247.  But  the  next  Year  after,  viz,.  i6i6y 
they  were  6701,  and  within  two  Years  after,  viz,. 
162S,  they  were  8408,  fuch  is  the  Confluence  of 
all  Sorts  of  People  to  this  great  City. 

In  the  Year  1^02,  that  is,  the  next  Year  before 
the  Plague  Year  itfo$,  the  Chriftenings  were  about 
6000  :  But  in  the  Year  1503,  that  is,  the  Plague 
Yeat  it  felf,  they  funk  to  4789  :  And  yet  the  next 
Year,  viz.  1604.  they  crept  up  to  5458  ;  and  the 
next  Year  after  that,  (viz..  160$.)  to  6504,  and  fo 
Yearly,  according  to  the  fubfequent  Computation. 

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Whence  it  may  be  obferved, 

I.  That  in  thirty  Years  fpace,  that  is,  from  1603I 
to  16*33,  the  City  Chriftnings  increafed  half  in  half ; 
that  is  to  fay,  from  5-4.58  a  Year,  in  the  Year  16*04, 
to  9997  a  Year,  in  1532. 

II.  That, 

1.  By  reafon  of  the  Sicknefs  in  16*36. 

2.  By  reafon  of  the  War  in  16*43,  16*43,  16*45,' 
16*46*,  dec.    during  the  Ufurpation. 

And 


&b  Qfyfleftim  on  the 

And.  3,  By  reafon  of  the  hundreds  that  were  not 
Chriftened  at  all,  or  if  they  were,  were  not  regi- 
flred,  the  fame  decreafed  from  about  Nine  thoufand, 
to  about  Six  thoufand,  per  annum. 

Whether  London  be  fo  obnoxious  to  the  Plague,    as  it 
hath  been  informer  times ,  as  it  was  calculated  in  1665 . 

London  being  indeed  multiplied  two  Parts  in 
thre^e,  in  eighty  Years,  (and  the  more  populous  any 
Place  is,  the  more  infectious)  it  might  feem  to  fol- 
low, that  the  City  were  more  fubjeel:  to  Peftilential 
Malignities  now  than  in  times  paft. 

Yet  Experience  aflures  us  of  the  contrary  ;  and 
Reafon  feconds  Experience.     For, 

1.  Altho*  the  Fumes,  Steams,  and  Stenches,  now 
groflfer  than  formerly,  by  reafon  of  the  Increafe  of 
Houfes,  makes  it  in  fome  refpe&s  more  unhealthy, 
efpecia-lly  fince  the  burning  of  Sea-Coal,  yet  they 
keep  the  Air  from  being  fo  liable  to  foreign  Im- 
preflkms  as  formerly  ;  it  being  an  ingenious  Man's 
Obfervation,  that  open  and  free  Airs  are  moft  fub- 
jeel: to  both  good  and  bad  Impreflions ;  the  Fumes 
and  Steams  (efpecially  of  Sea  Coal)  fo  thickning 
the  Air,  that  it  ftands  out  a  gain  ft  moft  foreign  In- 
fluences. 

2.  Though  the  City  be  increafed  from  3508  Bu- 
rials (as  in  the  Year  1593)  to  15625,  (as  in  the  Years 
1634  and  1635)  and  from  5948  (as  in  the  year 
1605)  to  14720  (as  in  the  Year  16^9)  and  the  City 
is  increafed  by  turning  Noblemens  Houfes  there  to 
Tenements,  yet  the  Increafe  is  removed  into  more 
open  and  free  Air,  and  the  Trade  removed  from  the 
dirty  and  narrow  Places  in  Cannon-Jlreet,  and  Watling- 
ftreety  to  PauTs,  Ludgate,  and  Fleet-ftreet ;  from 
Bifliopfgate  and  Fenchuuh,  to  the  Strand  Men ;  avoid- 
ing thofe  Places  that  are  crammed  with  old  and 
dark  houfes,  and  building  more   new  and  lightfome 

ones 


(Bills  of  Mortality.  81 

ones  nearer  and    nearer  to  Whitehall,  in  a  more  con- 
venient  and  healthy  Air 

What  fickly  Tears  we  have  had  thefc  Jixty  Tears,  and  in 
what  piopo)  tion  of  Time  we  are  to  look  for  fickly  Tears* 
Calculated  tn  1665. 

We  mean  by  a  fickly  Year,  fuch  wherein  the  Bu- 
rials exceed  thofe  both  of  the  precedent  and  fubfe- 
quent  Years,  and  not  above  two  hundred  dying  of 
the  Plague  :  for  Years  exceeding  that  Number  of  the 
Plague,  we  call  Plague  Years.     ■ 

The  Difeafes  that  befides  the  Plague  make  fickly 
Years,  are  the  Small-Pox,  the  Mealies,  Shotted  Fe- 
ver, and  the  Dyfentery,  commonly  called  Tne  Plague 
in  the  Guts. 

And  that  the  World  may  fee  by  what  Spaces  and 
Intervals  we  may  hereafter  expect  fuch  Times  of 
Mortality  again ;  we  may  obferve,  that  the  Years 
1618,  1620,  1623,  1624,  1631,  1633,  1634,  1649, 
1652,  1654,  l656>  1658,  1661,  were  fickly  Years. 

The  Plague  1636  laded  tweive  Years,  in  eight: 
whereof,  there  died  two  thoufand  and  odd  a  Year, 
One  with  another,  and  never  under  three  hundred 
fixty  four  :  an  argument  that  the  Contagion  of  the 
Pefti  ence  dependeth  more  on  the  Difpoiition  or  the 
Air*  then  upon  the  Effluvia  of  Men's  Bodies.  A 
truth  made  manifefl  by  the  fudden  increafe  from  one 
hundred  and  eighteen  in  one  Week,  to  nine  hundred 
and  twenty  feven  in  the  next;  and  decreafe  from 
nine  hundred  ana  ninety  three  in  one  Week,  to  two 
hundred  and  fifty  eight  the  next ;  and  then  again  to 
eight  hundred  and  fifty  two.  1  he  next  Alterations 
are  certainly  to  be  attributed  rath-T  to  the  Change  o£ 
Air,  then  the  Constitution  of  Men's  Bodies,  other- 
wife  then  as  this  depends  upon  that.  Take  all  the 
Years  from  1632  to  166*,  in  one  view,  as  they  are 
enumerated  in  the  fubfequent  Page. 

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ACCOUNT 

O  F    T  H  E 

VLAGUEatNAPLES 

in  the  Year  1656. 

Of  which  there  died  in  one  Day  20000 
Perfons.  With  the  Symptoms  that 
appeared  upon  Difle&ion  :  And  the 
approved  Method  of  Cure. 


N  the  Opening  and 
Differing  at  that 
time  of  two  dead  Bo- 
dies, one  of  a  Man, 
the  other  of  a  Wo- 
man, on  the  Firft  of  June  in  the 
Year  1 65 6 j  by  Order  from  his  Ex- 
cellence and  the  moft  illuftrious 
Magiftrates  deputed  by  this  moft 
faithful  City,  about  the  Sicknefs 
then  rife,  it  was  obferved  by  the 
moft  expert  Anatomirts  Marco  Au- 
relio  Severing,  and  Fdice  Martorel/a, 
(with  the  Affiftance  of  the  chief 
Phyfician  and  other  Doctors)  that 

And  as  to  the  Buboes  Venereal  and 

fuppofed  to  be  thus  diftinguifhed,  that 
fliours  lie  lower  in  the  Groin. 

N  * 


Asforthe  diftin- 
clion  of  the  Spotted 
Fever  and  Purple*, 
and  that  which  is 
called  the  Tokens, 
thus  much  is  obfer- 
ved, That  upon  the 
Incifion  of  the  Spots 
ofthe  firft  two, there 
will  arife  a  little 
Blood  or  Greeting; 
but  if  the  Tokens 
be  cut,  there  will 
nothing  of  either  a- 
rife,thewholeBlood 
or  Juice  being  fup- 
pofed to  have  fome 
Touch  of  a  Gan- 
grene oTSphaccla'ton. 
Peftilential,  the)  ire 
the  Peftilential  Tu- 

ail 


84  An  Account  of  the 

^11  the  Bowels  were  infe&ed  with  black  Spots,  that 
is  to  fay,  the  Heart,  Lungs,  Liver,  Stomach,  and 
the  InteiHnes  •  befides,  that  the  Bladder  or"  Gall  was 
plainly  found  to  be  full  of  black,  vifcid,  and  very 
thick  Choler,  which  pertinacidufly  fluck  to  its  Mem- 
brane; but  above  all.  the  Vtllels  of  the  Heart  were 
full  of  a  grumous  and  black  Blood.  And  this  was 
the  Summary  of  the  Obfervation. 

This  being  related  by  the  fame  Signor  Felice,  in  an 
Aflembly  of  the  above  mentioned  moft  llluilrious 
Magistrates,  it  was  by  them  decreed,  that,  together 
with  the  S.gnori  Domenico  Coccia,  Onofrio  kicc,u>  Ca- 
rolo  Pignut  aro,  Francefco  Cafuro,-  Giovanni  GiaumoC ar- 
bonello,  Carolo  Jcveue,  Andrea  di  Mauro  and  bulvator 
Borrello,  aflembled  in  one  Place,  they  fhoiLd  deter- 
mine and  order  what  ought  to  be  done,  as  well  for 
the  Prefervation  as  for  the  Cure  of  this  Sxknefs  : 
Wherefore  thefe  being  met  in  the  Hcfe  of  the  faid 
Signor  Felice,  they  ordered  for  Preventives,  (as  to 
Remedies  moil:  eafy,  and  at  hand)  that  it  was  great- 
ly helpful,  Firft,  to  make  in  the  Houfes  Fires  with 
Fumes  of  Rofemary,  Bay-berries,  Juniper,  Frankin- 
cenfe,  and  the  like.  Secondly,  Treacle-water,  Trea- 
cle, Mithridate,  Pills  of  Ruffus>  againft  the  Plague. 
The  Compofition  of  dry  Figs,  Rue,  Walnuts,  and 
Salt,  which  was  King  Mithridates  Prefervative,  and 
found  in  his  Desk  or  Cabinet  written  with  his  own 
Hand.  The  Magiflral  Bezoar  Vinegar,  made  with 
Brimftone,  Rue,  Garlick,  Cloves,  Saffron,  and  Wal- 
nuts: The  ufe  of  which  is  to  dip  in  a  Piece  or  Slice 
of  Bread,  and  take  it  faffing.  Good  too  are  the  Pow- 
ders of  Bole-Armonick,  TerraS/gillata,  Terra  di  Malta , 
Citron-Seeds  pounded,  Seeds  of  Bafil,  Powder  of 
Scordium,  or  Water-Germander  of  Contrayerva,  (or 
inftead  of  it,  Virginia  Snake-weed)  Bezoar  Stone,Eaft 
and  We£:  All  which,  or  any,  may  be  taken  in  the 
f'iilp.  cf  Citron,  fharp  Oranges,  or  with  Juice  of  Li- 
5,    In  the  mouth  they  may  hold  crude  Sulphur, 

Zedoary^ 


Plague  at  Naples.  8  j 

Zedoary,  Ariftologia  or  Birthwort,  Gentian,  Car- 
line,  white  Dittany,  Mafterwoit,  Angelica, Vervain, 
Vincetoxicum  or  Swallow-wort,  Goats  Rue,  Juniper 
Berries,  Bay-Berries,  Ivy-Banes,  any  one  or  thefe. 
To  fmell  to  (befides  the  ufual  Balls)  they  commend- 
ed a  Sponge  well  wet  in  Vinegar  and  Treacle,  or 
elfe  to  make  little  hollow  Boxes  of  Cyprus  wood*  Ju- 
niper, or  of  the  Bay-tree,  and  therein  to  put  Treacle, 
Vinegar  and  Rue.  Good  alfo  herein  are  the  Oils  of 
yellow  Amber,  and  of  Camphire.  Let  them  anoint 
their  Heart,  Temples,  Noftrils,  and  the  Wrifts  with 
the  Oil  of  Matthiolus  or  Treacle  water,  or  make  a 
Liniment  of  Treacle,  Juice  of  Limons,  Saffron,  Dit- 
tany, Carline,  boiled  together,  wherewith  anoint. 
There  may  be  made  alfo  a  Compound  Vinegar  to 
put  into  a  Bafon,  wherewith  to  bathe  or  wet  the 
Hands,  Wrifts,  and  Noftrils,  by  taking  a  quantity  of 
Schananthm,  Roots  of  Carline,  Nutmeg,  Coves,  Ben- 
join,  Calamm  Aromaticm,  and  boil  a-1  with  a  quanti- 
ty of  the  beft  Vinegar. 

Of  the  fame  Vertues  to  preferve,  are  other  Ma- 
giftral  Remedies  endowed ;  fuch  are  the  Antipefli- 
lential  Elixir  of  Crollim,  the  great  Ele&uary  of  Mat- 
thiolm,  and  his  Oil  of  Scorpions,  the  Bezoartick  Vi- 
negar of  Emeftus,  the  Diafcordium  otFracaftorius,  and 
above  all  is  commended  the  Powder  of  Padre  Gio. 
Baptifta  Eremitano,  which  was  experimented  in  the 
Plague  at  Naples  the  Age  paft,  and  now  obferved 
with  moil  happy  Succefs  by  many  Phyficians.  The 
Composition  of  it  is  thus  : 

*T*Ake  Tormentil,  red  Sanders,  white  Dittany, 
•*•  burnt  Harts-horn,  Bole-Armoniack,  fine  Sugar, 
of  each  one  Dram,  Powder  of  Pearl,  round  Birth- 
wort,  Cinamon,  Gentian,  red  and  white  Coral,  of 
each  half  a  Dram,  Camphire  two  Scruples;  make  all 
into  a  moft  fine  Powder.  The  Dole  is  half  a  Dram 
at  a  time. 

And 


86  An  Account  of  the 

And  you  may  take  this  in  the  Water  of  Scorzone- 
ra,  Cardilli,  or  Juice  of  Limons.  Alfo  for  a  Prefcr- 
vative  they  may  take  one  Drop  of  the  Great  Duke's 
Oil,  withfome  Water  of  Goats-Rue;  and  this  too 
may  do  well  in  the  Cure,  increasing  only  the  quan- 
tity of  the  Oil. 

Laft-of  all,  leaving  a  world  of  Remedies  which 
here  might  be  fet  down,  the  mofl  potent  Preferva- 
tive  is  the  Elixir  following  •, 

'TpAke  Aloes  Hepatick,  bed  Cinamon,  and  Myrrh, 
-*■  of  each  three  Drams ;  Cloves,  Mace,  Lignum 
Aloes,  Maftick,  and  Bole-Armoniack,  of  each  halt  a 
Dram;  pure  Sulphur  four  Drams,  Rofemary  feven 
Drams ;  macerate  them  all  in  Aqua  vita,  and  ac- 
cordingly draw  off  the  Liquor.  The  Dofe  is  three  or 
four  Drops  at  a  time  in  Cardilli  or  Scorzonera  Water, 
And  thus  much  for  the  Prefervation. 

Now  for  the  Cure ;  'tis  neceffary  firft  to  cleanfe  the 
Body,  either  upward  by  Vomits,  or  downward  by 
Stools  ;  and  this  ought  to  be  done  fuddenly  with  all 
fpeed,  before  that  the  Strength  fails.  .The  Vomit  may 
be  provoked  with  Antimony,  or  with  its  Infufion,  or 
by  Vinegar  of  Squills  diftiiled  with  Scordium,  Tor- 
mentil,  Scabious,  Citron-Seeds,  Roots  of  Afrabacca 
and  of  Gentian ;  or  elfe  rather  with  Diafamm'Fernelii. 
Downwards  they  may  purge  with  Syrup  of  Rofes  fo- 
lutive,  Conjeftio  Hamech,  Trifera  Perficay  or  Rhubarb 
with  Decoction  of  Tormentil,  Scordium,  Tamarinds, 
Contrayerva  :  and  if  this  cannot  be  done  or  made  rea- 
dy timely  enough,  gii^e  four  Ounces  of  Conferve  of 
Damask  Rofes,  with  Powder  of  Rhubarb,  or  with 
the  Electuary  of  Juice  of  Rofes,  with  a  little  of  Con- 
trayerva, or  the  like. 

As  for  letting  Blood,  it  ought  to  be  determined 
from  a  great  Fever,  from  the  Strength  of  the  lick 
Party,  Ebullition  of  the  Blood,  and  Inclination  of 
Nature  -y  limiting  the  place  of  bleeding  conformable 

to 


(plague  and  Naples.  87 

to  the  Motion  which  (hall  be  obferved  either  in  the 
upper,  or  lower,  or  cutaneous  Parts  ;ftill  remembring 
the  Advice  of  Onbafius,  to  fcarify  the  Calves  of  the 
Legs  in  cafe  of  great  Fevers  or  Fermentations. 

After  purging  let  them  ufe  all  poflible  means  to 
provoke  Sweat  by  Diaphoreticks,  for  the  which  the 
Berries  of  Tree-Ivy  (powdered  and  taken  in  the  belt 
Wine,  Carduus  Water,  or  other)  are  much  praifed  : 
fo  Flower  of  Brimftone  the  Weight  of  two  Scruples; 
Treacle  alfo,  or  the  above-mentioned  great  Antidote 
of  Matthiolus,  taking  the  Weight  of  three  or  four 
Drams,  with  adding  thereto  a  Dram  and  half  of  the 
forenamed  Magiftral  Powder  of  Padre  Gio.  Baptifta 
Eremitano,  in  two  Ounces  of  Aqua  vita.  Good  too  is 
the  Salt  of  Afh,  the  mod  cried  up  remedy  of  Frederick 
vanderMye,  in  the  Contagion  of  Breda,  (which  was  moil 
like  ours)  to  take  thereof  the  Weight  of  twelve  Grape- 
Kernels  in  Carduus-Water.  'Tis  moreover  an  eafie 
Sweat,  pure  Sulphur  with  Salt,  boiled  in  Wine  in  bal- 
nea Mart*)  orelfethat  of  Crollius. 

Let  them  infift  continually  in  the  ufe  of  the  above- 
named  Antidotes,  increafing  the  Dofe  ,•  not  neglecting 
alfo  to  try  the  ufe  of  China  China,  the  which  for  many 
reafons  may  happen  not  to  be  a  little  helpful;  and  the 
more,  that  it  is  in  many  places  the  appropriate  Re- 
medy forthefe  Diftempers. 

Laftly,  as  to  what  pertains  to  the  Symptoms,  that 
is  Buboes  or  Botches,  Puftules  and  Spots,  you  muft 
note,  that  if  they  come  out  kindly  and  with  lepameny 
eafe  and  relief,  in  fuchcafe  leave  the  work  to  Nature, 
helping  their  coming  forth  with  Medicines  emollient, 
relaxing  and  attra&ive  or  drawing;  fuch  as  are  Fricti- 
ons, dry  Cuppings,  or  Scarifyings,  Veficatoirs  or 
Blifterings  ;  the  which,  if  the  fwellings  are  below, 
then  apply  them  a  few  fineers  beneath ;  if  they  be 
above,  thenappy  them  in  like  manner  fo  far  above  on 
the  Arms  ;  noting,  that  the  faid  remedy  of  Veficatoris 
may  be  changed  in  boiling  Oil  with  Lime,  applying 

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them  to  the  fame  Parts;  marking  alfo,  that  if  the 
faid  Evil  or  Plague  comes  with  a  Coma,  that  is,  a 
Sleeping,  or  other  Symptom  in  the  Animal  Part, 
then  the  Blifters  (hall  be  placed  both  on  the  upper 
and  lower  P^rrs. 

Concerning  the  Buboes  or  Swellings  in  the  Groin, 
if  they  bunch  out  kindly,  you  may  cure  them  with 
gentle  Means,  fuch  as  Oil  of  fweet  Almonds,  Oil 
of  Lillies,  Butter,  H^ns-Greafe,  or  elfe  with  thefim- 
ple  Oil  of  Scorpions,  or.  Ointment  of  Marfh-mallows, 
with  the  Roots  of  Lillies  beaten  in  a  Mortar. 

But  if  the  Buboes  come  not  out  well,  then  look  out 
more  efficac  ous  Remedies,  applying  on  the  part 
Cupping-glailes,  with  Scarification,  Leeches,  Blifters, 
as  before  -y  this  done,  apply  thereon  a  Pultefs  of  O- 
nions,  Treacle,  and  Saffron,  roafted  in  Embers,  after 
putting  to  fome  Hens-Greafe,  or  the  like.  If  they 
be  to  be  cut,  open  them  half  ripe  with  a  cold  Iron, 
pafling  thorow  a  Stuppe  or  Lint ;  and  cure  them  with 
a  compound  Ointment  of  Gum  Elemi,  Ammonia- 
cum  and  Turpentine,  of  each  a  like  quantity,  with 
a  little  Saffron,  Wax,  and  Oil  of  Rofes  as  much  as 
will  fuffice. 

The  Carbuncles,  vulgarly  by  the  Neapolitans  cal- 
led Ampolle,  that  is,  Blains,  are  cured  by  cutting  the 
Part  affected,  fcarifying  it,  and  clapping  thereto  the 
.fajme  attractive  or  drawing  Plaifler,  or  Treacle  with 
Onion,  or  eife  thePuitefs  of  Scabious5  Hens-Greafe, 
and  Tjgacle,  hindering  exprefly  by  all  Means  the  li- 
ft-ion MBurning  in  the  beginning,  as  well  of  the  Car- 
buncle^ as  of  the  Buboes,  that  fo  the  Part  may  not 
be  flrengthened  :  You  muft  leave  thefe  Sores  open  by 
the  Miflaries,  or  Voiders,  and  Emunclories  of  the 
Jtody,  for  a  long  Time. 

Naples,  2  June  1656. 

FINIS.